Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

Google’s Veo video AI made stunning leaps in fidelity in 2025, and Google isn’t stopping in 2026. The company has announced ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

University of Iowa researchers have discovered a method to "purify" photons, an advance that could make optical quantum technologies more efficient and more secure. The work is published in the ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Monroe Community College has received a $3 million investment to create the nation’s first associate degree program for optical systems technology. The program will be housed at the ...

The iPhone 17 Pro introduces a powerful new 48MP Pro Fusion camera system, giving you sharp, detailed photos no matter which lens you use. The Main, Ultra Wide, and Telephoto cameras all shoot at 48MP ...