Using laser distance meters as sensors is one of the great quests of hackers – with good reason. Accurate distance readings are invaluable for applications including robots, printers ...

With one of these sensors, you can add a 2D touch surface to anything. It’s like an invisible laser harp that can also sense distance. The intended purpose is fingertip detection, and that’s ...

One of the biggest pain points for many robot vacuum users is their inability to navigate tight spaces. The Roborock Qrevo ...

The detection of buried landmines could be greatly speeded up with mobile laser vibration sensing technology developed at the ...

Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of ...

Roborock's game-changing Qrevo Slim is the thinnest robot vacuum on the market. Standing at a mere 8.2 centimeters (3.2 inches) tall, the Roborock Qrevo ...

Making a Lego Submarine with Automatic Depth Control This RC submarine uses a pressure sensor and laser distance sensor with Raspberry Pi to keep a steady depth or follow the bottom Tested in a swimmi ...

The University of Mississippi has developed a new laser-based technology that makes landmine detection and removal faster and ...

Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming. New research could help ...