Neowin News Feed for: Sensors

Stanford study shows smartphones could predict when a person is drunk with 98% accuracy

Anushe Fawaz — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:04:01 +0000

A small study done at Stanford University concluded that sensors in smartphones can predict when a person is intoxicated with 98% accuracy by looking at the person's voice patterns. Read more...

Apple inches closer to a bezel-less future with new patent win

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:30:02 +0000

Apple has been granted a new patent that will allow the company to put a variety of sensors underneath the displays in most of its devices, such as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and more. Read more...

Panasonic develops lens molding technology that will halve the cost of camera lenses

Fiza Ali — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:48:02 +0000

Panasonic aims to contribute to the environment with its new far-infrared lens molding technology. The company is now accepting prototype orders, with sales of the new lenses expanding in the future. Read more...

Samsung announces four new 0.7um ISOCELL camera sensors for upcoming smartphones

Rajesh Pandey — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:08:01 +0000

Samsung has announced four new ISOCELL camera sensors with up to 108MP resolution and 0.7um pixel size. These new sensors are smaller and shorter in size while still delivering better performance. Read more...

Smartphone sensors can reveal your PIN and password, according to study

Justin Luna — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:58:01 +0000

A new study has found that sensors found on smartphones can be exploited to reveal people's PIN and passwords. While some sensors ask users' permission, others don't, which can be used for snooping. Read more...

Nestlé to use humanoid robot salesmen in Japan

Steven Johns — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:04:01 +0000

Partnering with a robotics subsidary of Softbank, Nestlé Japan is rolling out a humanoid robot named Pepper in Japanese home appliance stores to sell Nestlé's coffee machines. Read more...

Google meets with FDA, likely looking at wearable sensors and contact lenses

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:57:16 +0000

A recent meeting between Google reps and the FDA seems to show that the Mountain View company is looking at developing wearable sensors such as contact lenses that provide bio-feedback. Read more...

Microsoft develops ‘smart bra' and app to help prevent ‘emotional eating'

Andy Weir — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 06:22:38 +0000

Researchers from Microsoft and two universities have developed a 'smart bra' with embedded sensors that connects to a Windows Phone app, to explore ways to reduce stress-related 'emotional eating'. Read more...

Micron to produce camera phone-use 2-megapixel CMOS sensors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:37:11 +0000

US-based Micron Technology announced yesterday that its 2-megapixel CMOS image sensors for camera-equipped mobile phones and PDAs have entered the design-in stage. Volume production is expected to start in the second quarter of 2005, the... Read more...

Shuttle wing lost sensors, maybe heat tiles

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 23:42:49 +0000

As federal investigators begin to look into why the space shuttle Columbia broke apart, NASA officials said the left wing lost hydraulic sensors, lost tire pressure and then experienced intense heat before the shuttle broke... Read more...