Printing 3D objects has always felt like a daunting and expensive affair, but we are beginning to see 3D printers come down in price substantially. The problem is that it’s still difficult to create ...

The huge diversity of sensors and other hardware which our community now has access to seems comprehensive, but there remain many parts which have made little impact due to cost or scarcity. It’s one ...

If you’d like to learn more about lidar technology, sensors and scanners you may be interested in a project called the LD-AIR, which comes equipped with a LiDAR scanner capable of 360° sensing. The ...

The best thing about owning a 3D printer or CNC router may not just be what you can additively or subtractively create with it. With a little imagination you can turn your machine into a 3D scanner, ...

While Apple and Samsung race to be the first company to perfect a fingerprint scanner that resides under a smartphone's display, a Chinese company called Vivo has already done it. Vivo is launching ...

The Withings Body Scan 2 is a smart scale with a handle and sensors to measure cardiovascular health. It will launch later ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

An advanced smart scale, Withings claims the Body Scan 2 should be of particular interest to those going through ...

To thermally characterize electronic devices, the ATVS-2020 temperature and velocity scanner measures heat and air speeds with flexible low-profile sensors that minimize airflow disturbance. A single ...

In 2017, an estimated 222.9 million people in the US will have smartphones, worldwide that number is expected to surpass two billion. Through apps and wearables, we're using those smartphones to help ...

Lidar sensors add depth scanning for better photos and AR, but in future we could see mixed-reality headsets and more. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR ...

Let’s say you want to 3D print a replica of an object in your home. The first step, of course, is capturing a detailed 3D scan — a process that’s currently accomplished to varying degrees of accuracy ...