EDN

Line scan cameras: Fundamentals in focus

Unlike conventional cameras, which capture an entire frame at once, a line scan camera records one line at a time in rapid ...
EDN

Using an oscilloscope’s time, frequency, and statistical measurement domains

Multiple domains provide designers and test engineers with complementary views of acquired signals. Oscilloscopes originated as instruments that measure electrical signals in the time domain. The ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s first ‘three-lane’ optical fiber network in China boosts data transfer by 5x

Researchers solved the engineering challenges of S-band amplification to create a "three-lane highway" for future internet.

Cameras, Sensors, and 3D Body Scans: All the Tech Helping Eliminate Blown Calls

Soccer officials already rely on cameras to see who’s offside and who sent the ball out of bounds. But during this World Cup, ...
Task & Purpose

Marines can now use optical sights with pistols for qualifying

Every Marine is a rifleman, but under new marksmanship rules announced this week, the few and the proud who also shoot pistols can now do so with an optic for the first time, Corps officials said. A ...
Wall Street Journal

Nvidia Says It Will Use Both Copper and Optical Networking

Shares of fiber-optic companies tumbled early Tuesday after Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said the company intends to use both copper and optical networking—not one at the expense of the other. ...
Microsoft

Using inexpensive MicroLEDs, Microsoft networking innovation aims to make datacenters more efficient

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. — Before appearing on a screen in your hand or on your desk, this story and its photos existed as pulses of light, fired by lasers, that passed through strands of glass as fine as a ...
Bleeping Computer

Betterleaks, a new open-source secrets scanner to replace Gitleaks

A new open-source tool called Betterleaks can scan directories, files, and git repositories and identify valid secrets using default or customized rules. Secret scanners are specialized utilities that ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Business Wire

1Finity Unveils Next-generation Optical Line System for the AI Era and Beyond

KAWASAKI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--1Finity, a Fujitsu company and leading provider of global network solutions, today introduced the Ultra Optical System L1000/L2000 Optical Line System (OLS) platform ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...
IEEE

Arduino-Controlled Hybrid Optical–RF Sensor Node for Energy-Aware Structural Health Monitoring

Abstract: The monitoring of the condition of civil infrastructure, e.g. bridges, buildings, and industrial structures, by Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is nowadays relying on low-power sensor ...