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Imaging sensor startup Vayyar lands $108M to fuel expansion

Vayyar, a company developing radar-imaging sensor technologies, today announced that it raised $108 million in a Series E round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from GLy Capital

Tesla Autopilot 8.0 uses radar to prevent accidents like the fatal Model S crash

Today, Tesla revealed Version 8 of its Autopilot software, going live in one to two weeks. Version 8.0 includes updates to the signal processing tech used to interpret images received from the onboard

Apple Patents Triple Sensor, Triple Lens iPhone Camera For Better Resolution And Color Accuracy

Apple has been granted a new patent related to camera tech by the USPTO today, which uses three different sensors and three different lenses to improve color capture accuracy and image resolution for

Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor Takes The Guesswork Out Of Container Gardening

Houseplants can be hard to care for, even when watered regularly on a sunny windowsill. A new device from Swiss startup <a href="http://www.koubachi.com">Koubachi</a> takes the guesswork out of plant

Sony Announces World's First 16.41MP Sensor For Cell Phones

<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/8ido1800000apf36.jpg" /> If you thought the <a href="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/10/05/ceatec-2010-panasonics-new-lumix-cell-phon

Self-powered diaper monitor system automatically detects wet diapers

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/diaper_sensor.jpg" /> A research laboratory at Japan's <a href="http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/index.htm">Ritsumeikan University</a> has

DIY garage door sensor

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/garage-door-sensor.jpg" alt="garage-door-sensor" title="garage-door-sensor" />I don't use my garage very often, but I <em>am</em> a prett

New service enables total control of factory workers

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dss_ankle_sensor.jpg" /> In principle, any advance in any field of technology is welcome, but I have my doubts about this new service de

Japan advances in the development of "perfect" humanoids

Japan’s most prestigious educational institution, the University of Tokyo, and semiconductor company Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), today unveiled an ultrasensitive sensor for robot