The Sharp GP2AP03VT00F Time-Of-Flight sensor seems to be a nice part for makers and roboticists, focusing on good short distance sensing where other parts sometimes have problems. Alas, Sharp seems to ...

Japan’s Audio-Technica has announced the launch of the AT-LP7X, a fully manual belt-drive turntable designed for vinyl enthusiasts who want precision engineering combined with minimalistic design.

As AI workloads intensify and data centre architectures evolve, optical communications vendors are positioning co-packaged optics (CPO) and silicon photonics (SiPh) as core mid- to long-term growth ...

Researchers at Tsinghua University developed the Optical Feature Extraction Engine (OFE2), an optical engine that processes data at 12.5 GHz using light rather than electricity. Its integrated ...

Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to unlocking microscopic details inside living cells. Yet despite decades of ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Dec 9, 2025 at 6:00 am ...

Tecno and Samsung are collaborating on continuous optical zoom lenses to simplify smartphone cameras. The Freeform Continuum module offers seamless 1x-9x zoom, eliminating focal jumps. They also ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Plus: Sivers Semi partners with Poet; and photonic chip foundry CCRAFT gets Innosuisse support. It’s a deal: PHIX, Ligitek, Liverage, and ITRI have partnered on optical transceivers. The rapid growth ...

For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect. When you purchase through links on ...