Near-infrared (NIR) photon detection and object recognition are crucial technologies for all-weather target identification.

Jülich researchers, together with Italian and German colleagues, have developed a particularly cost-effective infrared detector that can be easily integrated into existing camera chips and smartphones ...

A review is made of the physics and technology of spectrally selective thermal detectors, especially those operating at non-cryogenic temperatures. The background radiation noise fluctuations are ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new program which seeks to enable quantum-level infrared (IR) detection at room temperature. The IR spectrum is a vast information ...

Electronic enthusiasts may be interested in a new open source infrared sensor which has been created to support both Raspberry Pi and Arduino powered projects. The IR Detector proximity sensor has ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor at UCF's NanoScience Technology Center, has developed a new technique to detect long wave infrared (LWIR) photons of ...

SAN DIEGO — Caltrans has installed new ‘Advanced Detection & Notification Systems’ for wrong way drivers on three I-5 off-ramps in San Ysidro. CBS 8 was given a inside look at a wrong way driver ...

A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...