New surface-mount optical sensors increase vertical headroom, enabling more flexible encoder and position-sensing designs across industrial and consumer electronics.

In the fast-paced world of digital distractions, a new kind of viral phenomenon has taken over our social feeds: the high-stakes visual perception challenge. As a long-time observer of how our brains ...

Most CES tech is still on the horizon, but these products are already real, priced and (mostly) ready to ship.

Zenni Optical is offering a sale on a wide selection of eyewear ahead of the holidays. An exclusive code, USATODAY, provides an additional 10% discount on purchases. Shoppers can typically use FSA or ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford demonstrate an approach to interpreting how materials interact with polarized light, which could help advance biomedical imaging and material design. Their work, ...

When looking through a microscope, the level of detail that is visible isn't just about how much we magnify, but is actually determined by resolution. Resolution refers to the smallest distance ...

An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...

CITIZEN MICRO's encoders are sensors that convert rotational displacement into electrical signals, enabling high-precision detection of position and rotational speed. The Magnetic Encoder achieves ...