Topic: sensor technology
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Can Waymo Conquer Winter Roads?
Winter weather is a major challenge for autonomous vehicles, and Waymo must prove its robotaxis can operate safely in snow to expand into colder markets like Boston and New York. Snow complicates autonomous driving by obscuring road markings and signs, requiring advanced multi-sensor systems and ...
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Rivian's AI Strategy: Beyond Just Competing With Tesla
Rivian is pivoting to develop proprietary AI chips and autonomous driving technology, positioning itself against industry leaders with a vertically integrated strategy. The company is building a "data flywheel" using fleet data to train its driving model and launching a hands-free system, Univers...
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Teradar Secures $150M for Sensor That Outperforms Lidar and Radar
Teradar raised $150 million in Series B funding to advance its solid-state terahertz sensor technology, which combines radar resilience with lidar-like high-resolution imaging for long-range environmental perception in adverse weather. The company is collaborating with five major U.S. and Europea...
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Are We Ready for 'Eyes-Off' Driving?
The automotive industry is advancing toward "eyes-off" Level 3 automation, allowing drivers to remove their hands from the wheel and eyes from the road on certain highways, but safety and legal responsibility remain unresolved. Drivers using Level 3 systems must be prepared to immediately retake ...
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Ricoh Unveils a Camera Made Just for Black and White
Ricoh is launching the GR IV Monochrome, a camera designed exclusively for black and white photography with a specialized monochrome sensor, expected in Spring 2026. The camera features a high ISO range up to 409,600 for superior low-light performance and includes custom Image Control settings to...
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Russia Debuts AI-Powered 'Little Lion' Tram, Aims for 90% Fleet Automation by 2035
Moscow has launched Russia's first autonomous passenger tram, the Lvyonok 71-911EM, marking a significant advancement in public transportation and smart city development. The AI-driven tram operates independently, navigating traffic and responding to signals and pedestrians, having covered over 8...
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Fujifilm 2025: A Year of Peaks and Valleys
Fujifilm's year was defined by an inconsistent product portfolio, ranging from technically flawed but fun gadgets to competent but uninspiring tools, reflecting a transitional period for the brand. Key camera releases highlighted extremes, from a high-end, specialized cinema camera to a playful, ...
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Self-Driving Car for Sale: Experience the Future
The transition from fleet-operated robotaxis to privately owned self-driving cars is advancing, but faces major hurdles including cost, design, and consumer acceptance, despite falling prices for key components like lidar sensors. Ownership introduces complex maintenance and liability issues, pot...
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DJI's New Action Camera Widens Lead Over GoPro
The DJI Osmo Action 6 introduces a variable aperture (f/2.0 to f/4.0), enabling creative control over background blur and low-light performance, a feature that challenges competitors like GoPro. It features a new 1/1.1-inch square sensor for flexible video cropping without quality loss and suppor...
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Zoox Expands Autonomous Vehicle Testing to Washington DC
Zoox, an Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company, is expanding its testing to Washington D.C., its first East Coast deployment, starting with manual mapping and transitioning to autonomous tests with safety operators. The expansion to Washington D.C. was chosen for its dense urban environment and...
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DJI Mini 5 Pro Unveiled: 1-Inch Sensor & Record Battery Life
The DJI Mini 5 Pro features a one-inch-type sensor for improved imaging and maintains a sub-250-gram weight, enhancing both quality and regulatory accessibility. It offers extended flight times of up to 36 minutes with the standard battery and 52 minutes with an optional extended battery, alongsi...
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Apple Reinvents the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max from Scratch
The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are Apple's premium flagship models, setting benchmarks in performance, photography, and innovation. Pricing starts at $1,099 for the Pro and $1,199 for the Pro Max, with preorders opening this Friday and an official launch on September 19. Key upgrades include a red...
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Waymo Takes on Highways: Is It Ready for the Challenge?
Waymo is expanding its robotaxi service to include highway routes in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, addressing previous customer complaints about longer travel times and extending airport access in San Jose. The company has rigorously tested its autonomous technology for highway driving...
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Private Firm to Test Space Weapon in Self-Funded Demo
Defense contractors are competing for the Golden Dome missile shield program, a trillion-dollar initiative, and assert that the foundational technologies for an effective homeland defense system already exist within the U.S. industrial base. The main challenge is integrating components into a sea...
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GM's 'Eyes-Off' Driving: What Happens When Cars Go AI?
General Motors will launch an "eyes-off" driving system in 2028 for the Cadillac Escalade IQ, enabling drivers on mapped highways to engage in non-driving activities while the vehicle handles safety and prompts for control resumption. The system results from a collaboration between GM's Super Cru...
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Sky-Hunters: Bats Snatch Birds Mid-Flight
Greater noctule bats, Europe's largest bat species, were studied using specialized lightweight sensors to uncover how they hunt birds, overcoming technical challenges to monitor their flight without interference. Researchers developed miniaturized tracking tags weighing about four grams, which re...
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GM's Hands-Free Driving System Arrives in 2028
General Motors plans to launch a fully automated driving system by 2028, starting with the Cadillac Escalade IQ, allowing drivers to take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel. The system builds on GM's Super Cruise technology and integrates expertise from Cruise, utilizing lidar, radar...
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Zoox Launches Public Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas
Zoox has launched the first commercial driverless taxi service in Las Vegas using purpose-built autonomous vehicles without traditional controls like pedals or steering wheels. The service operates on the Las Vegas Strip with limited stops and features vehicles equipped with sensors, a 45 mph spe...
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This Startup's Racing to Build Self-Driving Car Software
HyprLabs, a new startup led by former Zoox co-founder Tim Kentley-Klay, is emerging from stealth with a modest team and funding to develop autonomous vehicle software, aiming to eventually create its own proprietary robots. The company's initial product, Hyprdrive, is a software platform that rep...
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Lucid Unveils Its Own Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Lucid Motors is partnering with Nvidia to develop Level 4 self-driving technology for consumer vehicles, aiming to deliver the first fully autonomous experience for personal car owners by 2026. The feasibility of consumer-owned autonomous vehicles is increasing as hardware costs like lidar and co...
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Glorious Model O3 Wireless Review: The Ultimate Gaming Mouse?
The Glorious Model O3 Wireless features an innovative hot-swappable battery system called 'InfinitePlay,' which includes two batteries and a charging hub to provide near-limitless power without needing to plug in a cable. While the mouse offers excellent comfort, a solid-body design, and strong o...
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Quilt's Heat Pumps Get a Power Boost via Over-the-Air Update
Quilt has introduced over-the-air updates to its heat pumps, boosting heating and cooling capacity by over 20% without hardware changes. The performance gains were achieved through advanced sensors and data analysis, enabling safe optimization of the system's potential. This software-defined HVAC...
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Nikon ZR: The First Co-Branded Camera with RED
Nikon has launched the ZR, its first co-branded camera with RED, combining Nikon's imaging expertise with RED's video capabilities for filmmakers and content creators. The camera features RED R3D NE file recording for post-production flexibility, including adjustable ISO and white balance, and is...
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Robot Flies Drone in Startling Ease-of-Use Demo
The Antigravity A1 drone, with its dual cameras and intuitive Motion Controller, is designed for ease of use, creating an immersive 8K, 360-degree flying experience. Unitree's G1 humanoid robot was shown piloting the drone via VR goggles and a controller, but it was remotely controlled by a human...
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New Road Safety Group Takes Aim at Self-Driving Cars
SAVE-US is advocating for stricter autonomous vehicle regulations, focusing on Tesla as a key example of inadequate safety oversight and pushing for clearer operational disclosures and crash data reporting. The organization plans to target large states like Illinois, New York, and New Jersey to i...
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Robotaxi Door Left Open? DoorDash Has a Fix.
Autonomous vehicles are advancing from concept to commercial reality, with companies like Waymo expanding robotaxi services and deploying new systems with enhanced sensors for better performance in difficult conditions. A key operational challenge for driverless cars is their inability to perform...
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Lego's New Smart Bricks Spark Expert Concern
Lego has unveiled Smart Bricks, a new system integrating sensors and electronics into classic blocks to create interactive models with sound, light, and motion detection. Child development experts express concern that this technology could undermine imaginative play by replacing child-generated n...
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Whole Foods to Roll Out Smart Food Waste Bins in 2027
Whole Foods Market will install Mill's smart food waste bins nationwide starting in 2027, backed by an Amazon investment, to tackle the grocery sector's massive food waste problem. The bins use sensors to provide data analytics on discarded produce, helping identify supply chain inefficiencies to...
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Lego's New Smart Brick: A Digital Brain for the Iconic Toy
Lego has launched a new Smart Play system featuring a central Smart Brick that adds sound and light effects to physical builds without requiring a screen, using sensors and connectivity. The initial launch includes three Star Wars-themed sets, such as Luke's X-Wing and a Throne Room Duel set, whi...
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Corsair Scimitar Elite SE Wireless Gaming Mouse Drops to $79
The Corsair Scimitar Elite SE Wireless gaming mouse is on sale for $79.99, a $60 discount, and is designed for MMO players with 16 programmable buttons and adjustable side panels. It features significant internal upgrades, including a high-precision 33,000 DPI optical sensor and extended battery ...
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Uber Launches AV Labs to Power Robotaxi Data Collection
Uber is launching "Uber AV Labs", a new division to collect real-world driving data using sensor-equipped cars and share it with over twenty self-driving partners, addressing a key industry bottleneck in data collection. The company is positioning itself as a data provider, not returning to bui...
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Mercedes Pauses Its 'Eyes-Off' Self-Driving Tech
Mercedes-Benz has paused its Level 3 Drive Pilot system due to limited customer demand, high production costs, and its narrow operational scope, which was restricted to specific highways and conditions. The company faced supply chain issues, including a terminated partnership for lidar sensors, a...
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Aqara's CES Debut: Here's What They Proved
Aqara introduced a suite of new smart home products at CES, focusing on convenience, energy efficiency, and a responsive environment through advanced sensors and broad Matter compatibility to build an interconnected ecosystem. Key launches include two new hub devices: the Camera Hub G350, a 4K in...
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Aurora to Deploy Hundreds of Driverless Trucks by 2026
Aurora Innovation plans to deploy hundreds of driverless trucks by 2026, following a rescheduled commercial launch and a temporary, strategic reintroduction of safety drivers. The high-speed highway environment presents unique technical challenges for autonomous trucks, contributing to industry c...
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Meet Mirumi: Your New Furry Robot Friend on Kickstarter
Yukai Engineering's Mirumi is a charming, non-utilitarian robot companion designed for simple emotional connection, now available for preorder via Kickstarter after debuting at CES 2025. The Kickstarter price starts at approximately $118, with a planned retail price of $150, and shipments are not...
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Emm Raises $9M to Develop World's First Smart Menstrual Cup
Jenny Button founded Emm after noticing wearable tech ignored menstrual health, leading to the creation of the world's first smart menstrual cup through extensive development. Emm secured $9 million in seed funding to support its launch, featuring a sensor-equipped cup that collects cycle data to...
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Orca AI's Co-Captain Revolutionizes Ship Navigation
Orca AI's Co-Captain system enhances maritime safety by enabling real-time data sharing on sea conditions, providing early warnings and personalized recommendations to ship crews based on vessel characteristics. The technology addresses a 22% rise in maritime incidents by using AI and sensors to ...
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Stellantis and Pony.ai Partner on European Robotaxi Fleet
Stellantis and Pony.ai have partnered to develop and deploy a fleet of autonomous robotaxis across Europe, starting with initial testing in Luxembourg using the Peugeot e-Traveller model. The collaboration integrates Pony.ai's self-driving software into Stellantis's electric van platform, designe...
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Get the Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite Mouse for 33% Off
The Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite is a highly programmable mouse with 17 buttons, ideal for MMO/MOBA gaming and productivity tasks like video editing, now available at a 33% discount for $59.99. It features a customizable 12-button side panel for ergonomic comfort and a high-precision 18,000 DPI opt...
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Score Deals on Logitech Wireless Gaming Gear
Amazon is offering significant discounts on Logitech wireless gaming gear, including the G Pro X Superlight mouse for $95, featuring advanced sensors and lightweight design for competitive play. A Logitech G413 SE Keyboard and G502 Hero Mouse bundle is available for $97.72, providing a wired setu...
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leak Reveals Huge Camera Bump
The Galaxy S26 Ultra maintains a similar form factor to its predecessor but features a significantly larger camera housing, increasing the device's thickness at its thickest point to 12.4mm. Despite the enlarged camera bump, the hardware sees minimal upgrades, with a primary 200MP sensor and a do...
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GM's Unstoppable Lunar Rover With Crab Walk Powers NASA's Artemis Moon Missions
NASA's Artemis program is developing a durable, reusable Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to support sustainable human presence on the Moon, surpassing the capabilities of Apollo-era rovers. The LTV features a long-lasting rechargeable battery system from General Motors, enabling extensive travel over...
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Woman's Mind-Reading Bionic Arm Makes Her 20% Robot
A bionic arm uses myoelectric sensors and AI to interpret neural signals, enabling intuitive, natural movement for amputees like user Sarah De Lagarde. The AI software learns and streamlines frequent movements, restoring independence for daily activities from hugging to mountain climbing. This te...
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Acer Unveils New Predator Galea 570 Headset & Cestus 530 Mouse
Acer is re-entering the premium gaming peripheral market with the wireless Predator Galea 570 headset and Predator Cestus 530 mouse, aiming to offer a complete ecosystem for gamers. The Galea 570 headset features versatile connectivity and premium materials but has a relatively short 23-hour batt...
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Humanoids, AVs & Beyond: AI Hardware's Future at Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco will host over 10,000 attendees to explore AI hardware advancements, featuring leaders from Waabi and Apptronik. The session will focus on integrating AI into physical systems like autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots, addressing challenges such as ener...
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Sony's Electric Crossover: Spot the New Differences
Sony Honda Mobility has begun production of the Afeela 1 electric sedan, with initial deliveries in California this year, and has unveiled a new crossover model, signaling a commitment to a diverse lineup. The venture evolved from Sony's initial Vision-S concept, a technology showcase, into a ser...
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Logitech MX Master 4 Leak Reveals Haptic Feedback Feature
The Logitech MX Master 4 will introduce haptic feedback to a computer mouse, focusing on functional productivity uses like confirming actions rather than immersive gaming effects. It features customizable tactile feedback for efficiency, along with ergonomic upgrades such as a new textured surfac...
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Waabi and Volvo Launch New Self-Driving Truck
Volvo and Waabi have unveiled the Volvo VNL Autonomous truck, integrating Waabi's software with Volvo's platform to enable scalable driverless freight transport on various roads. Waabi aims to be the first to commercialize self-driving trucks without any human safety driver, with current operatio...
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Top Gaming Mice of 2025: Wired vs Wireless Picks
The best gaming mouse choice depends on individual factors like hand size, grip style, and the types of games played, with top picks categorized for different needs. Premium options like the Razer Deathadder V4 Pro offer high responsiveness and durability, while budget-friendly models such as the...
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Google Pixel Watch 4 Brings Back Gesture Controls
The Google Pixel Watch 4 is receiving a software update that reintroduces hands-free gesture controls, including a double-pinch gesture for actions like answering calls and dismissing alerts. The update also revives a wrist-flick gesture, now repurposed to dismiss on-screen content like notificat...
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