Ultrafast light switches use atomically thin semiconductors for rapid optical control

A nanostructure made of silver and an atomically thin semiconductor layer can be turned into an ultrafast switching mirror ...

Physicists employ AI labmates to supercharge LED light control

In 2023, a team of physicists from Sandia National Laboratories announced a major discovery: a way to steer LED light. If ...
IEEE

An Edge-Deployed Real-Time Adaptive Traffic Light Control System Using YOLO-Based Vehicle Detection and PCE-Aware Density Estimation

Abstract: This paper presents an edge-deployable, real-time adaptive traffic light control system designed for complex and undisciplined urban traffic environments. The system integrates computer ...
The Verge

I’ve been using my Hue lights all wrong

Philips Hue’s new SpatialAware feature puts a digital lighting designer in your living room. Philips Hue’s new SpatialAware feature puts a digital lighting designer in your living room. Color-changing ...
WDTN

Urbana veteran using Christmas lights display to benefit Wounded Warriors

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Vietnam veteran in Urbana spends weeks every year, decorating his Urbana home with tens of thousands of Christmas lights. But this year, he’s turning that display into a way to ...
IEEE

Using Forehead Accelerometer Data to Estimate Bone-Conduction Hearing Thresholds: Feasibility and Initial Findings

Abstract: Bone conduction (BC) hearing threshold represents the minimum sound level that can be heard through vibration when a transducer is attached to the head. Even for the same individual, this ...
WPXI

Family working to raise money for spinal rehabilitation by using popular holiday lights display

MARS, Pa. — A Mars family is turning holiday cheer into meaningful change. James and Erin Ohr say they began their Doctor Seuss-inspired Christmas light display nearly eight years ago, never expecting ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Virginia Beach ambulances without lights and sirens? Emergency vehicles are going dark and silent.

VIRGINIA BEACH — A policy change officials hope will curb unnecessary risk to the response of medical emergencies means lights and sirens of many ambulances are going dark and silent. The change, ...