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The future of Optical Sensors

  • 31articles
  • 2016first covered
  • 6 Feb 2026latest update
  • 4linked technologies

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  1. New Chinese ghost satellites see your face from spaceSecurity and privacy
  2. New sensors listen with light to prevent European submarine cable sabotageEarth and energy
  3. China unveils new satellite that’s 5x faster than Musk’s existing Starlink systemConnected society
  4. Researchers use holograms to create new unhackable optical encryption systemSecurity and privacy
  5. Scientists have teleported data between two sites for the second timeSecurity and privacy
  6. The world’s first space factory was just deployed – in spaceIndustry and manufacturing
  7. NASA smashes speed records with new space to ground communications systemConnected society
  8. This brand new sensor can read your body’s vital signs from across the roomIndustry and manufacturing
  9. Synthetic diamonds could help extend the Moore’s Law EraIndustry and manufacturing
  10. Sensors that detect Covid-19 in the air get major US military fundingBiotech and enhanced humans
  11. Amazing new grain sized nanocamera snaps amazing hi def imagesIndustry and manufacturing
  12. Samsung just built the world’s highest resolution 200MP camera sensorIndustry and manufacturing
  13. Researchers eavesdrop on conversations remotely using lightbulbsSecurity and privacy
  14. Cameras that see round corners just got a major megapixel upgradeEarth and energy
  15. This new powerful terahertz camera uses lasers and radiation to see inside objectsEarth and energy
  16. 3D Printing with sound, new tech opens door to printed cosmetics, food, and drugsIndustry and manufacturing
  17. Russian researchers used a common inkjet printer to print advanced Nano-SensorsIndustry and manufacturing
  18. Shooting lasers at drones helps DARPA keep them airborne foreverEarth and energy
  19. New Mantis Shrimp inspired camera will make self-driving cars saferTransport and mobility
  20. New glasses will beam augmented and virtual reality directly into your eyesVirtual worlds
  21. Windows are the perfect lens-less cameras for AI and VR headsetsAI and intelligence
  22. Scientists have 3D printed the world’s first physical neural networkAI and intelligence
  23. Harvard revolutionises camera technology, invents MetalenseIndustry and manufacturing
  24. MIT researchers use AI and a smartphone to see round cornersAI and intelligence
  25. Lockheed’s new camera puts a space telescope in your pocketIndustry and manufacturing
  26. Euclideon unveils the world’s first multi-user hologram tableVirtual worlds
  27. New all seeing cameras will revolutionise computer vision as we know itAI and intelligence
  28. Facebook launches itself into developing brain reading techConnected society
  29. Scientists 3D print an Eagle eye camera that’s smaller than a human hairIndustry and manufacturing
  30. New Chinese camera can see round cornersIndustry and manufacturing
  31. New breakthrough will give prosthetic limbs a human sense of touchRobotics

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How many articles has 311 Institute published about Optical Sensors?

311 Institute has published 31 articles about Optical Sensors since 2016, most recently on 6 February 2026.

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