A group of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, has come up with a way to use the sensors in an optical mouse to pick up subtle vibrations and convert them into audible data. They've ...

[Tim] is getting his drone ready for SparkFun’s 2013 Autonomous Vehicle Competition on June 8th. He has a pretty good start, but was having some problems accurately measuring travel distance. The ...

This Design Idea utilizes an optical computer mouse's sensor for measuring rotation of a disk which can be mechanically connected to any sort of rotating apparatus. One feature is to allow adjustment ...

The TrueMove3 sensor is based on the a Pixart 3360 and promises "true 1-to-1 tracking" up to 3500 CPI. The Rival 310 is slightly smaller than the Rival 300 and has the same new textured grips as the ...

Avago Technologies has announced a series of small form factor (SFF) optical mouse sensors with an integrated chip-on-board (COB) LED illuminated optical navigation system that is the thinnest in the ...