Proximity sensing based on infrared signal acquisition and processing typically requires two parts to form the optical front end: an infrared LED and an optical sensor. The infrared LED beams infrared ...

TI Intelligent Occupancy Sensing (IOS), which is a new vision-based method of detecting and counting the number of people in given area, is ideally suited for applications that require a high degree ...

Uncover how mixed-signal ICs are transforming medical wearables with smaller and more power-efficient sensor integration, enabling real-time health monitoring. Healthcare technology is at the center ...

Quorum sensing is a chemical communication process that bacteria use to regulate collective behaviors. Disabling quorum-sensing circuits with small molecules has been proposed as a potential strategy ...

Structure-function studies show how communication can be prevented using antagonists to autoinducer binding. Researchers report on new discoveries relating to the mechanisms of bacterial quorum ...

3D sensing is a buzzword that has been thrown around quite a bit this year in connection with the rumors surrounding the tenth-anniversary iPhone. Although the iPhone X will be the first large-scale ...

The staphylococcal virulon is controlled largely by the agr locus, a global accessory gene regulator that is autoinduced by a self-coded peptide (AIP) and is therefore a quorum sensor. The agr locus ...

Certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present in intestine and pancreas. These compounds were not previously ...