Silicon Labs' single-chip Si1132/4x optical sensors track UV exposure, ambient light and other biometrics to add health-monitoring functions to smartphones and wearable computing products. They also ...

UV (ultraviolet) sensors of all sorts have been an interest of mine. They become interesting when you find the diversity of real-world practical applications. While searching for affordable UV light ...

Mass production technology for silicon based ultraviolet (UV) light sensors, suitable for smartphones and wearable devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has been developed. Mass production ...

To keep delicate and very small sensors within a future iPhone or Apple Watch clean and working perfectly, Apple is researching the use of heat and light to decompose contaminants. Apple has a ...

(Nanowerk News) To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) ...

Adafruit has this week announced the availability of its new LTR390 UV Light Sensor and is one of the few low-cost UV sensors available on the market. Offering both ambient light and UVA sensing with ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyoto Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (President and CEO Yoshihisa Shinya, Head office: Fushimi-ku, Kyoto city), a leading optical device solution manufacturer with world-class ...

Researchers have used vinegar vapor to dramatically improve UV sensors in a cheap, room-temperature process leading to better wearable devices. Researchers at Macquarie University have developed a new ...

This article appeared in Microwaves & RF and has been published here with permission. L-com recently added to its family of Internet of Things (IoT) light-detection environmental sensors that gauge ...

Researchers have uncovered how sea-dwelling plankton respond to pressure changes and propel themselves through the water, using tiny protrusions called cilia. The research, published today as a ...