AI-driven ultrafast spectrometer-on-a-chip advances real-time sensing

For decades, the ability to visualize the chemical composition of materials, whether for diagnosing a disease, assessing food ...
Engadget

Ring relaunches its suite of smart home sensors

Ring turned up to CES with a whole host of announcements, including a revamped range of home sensors. Ring Sensors (for that is their name) is a new lineup of tools, built on Amazon’s Sidewalk ...
optics.org

UC Davis shrinks spectrometer for diagnostics and sensing

The UC Davis device exploits the properties of photon-trapping surface textures (PTST), surface modifications that enhance the light absorption capabilities of silicon photodiodes in the near-IR range ...

Smaller Than a Grain of Salt: Engineers Create the World’s Tiniest Wireless Brain Implant

A salt-grain-sized neural implant can record and transmit brain activity wirelessly for extended periods. Researchers at Cornell University, working with collaborators, have created an extremely small ...
Semiconductor Engineering

PGIREM: Reliability-Constrained IR Drop Minimization and Electromigration Assessment of VLSI Power Grid Networks using Cooperative Coevolution

“Due to the resistance of metal wires in power grid network, voltage drop noise occurs in the form of IR drop which may change the output logic of underlying circuits and may affect the reliability ...
Hackaday

Making A Mountain Bike Data Acquisition System

Professional mountain bike racing is a rather bizarre sport. At the highest level, times between podiums will be less than a ...
CNET

9 Hidden Apple Watch Health Features You May Not Know About -- Revealed by a Doctor

Your Apple Watch may be able to do more for your health than you're aware of. Start using these features as you go on your 2026 health journey. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle ...