Maxim is offering what is claims is a lower-cost alternative to time-of-flight cameras for free-air gesture control in vehicles: a 6 x 10 array of infra-red photodiodes that is said to work in 120klux ...

Low-cost infra-red (IR) arrays provide precise imaging data and detailed heat signatures for both static and dynamic objects can be derived, and find applications in security, automotive, building ...

Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. Involving some IR LEDs, perhaps a bit of LEGO, and plenty of trial-and-error, it was fun on a tiny scale. Now imagine ...