Sony to raise nearly $4 bn, ramp up sensors business to anchor turnaround

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 14:19

Japan`s Sony Corp plans to raise nearly $4 billion via new shares and bonds to plough into image sensors as it reinvents itself as a niche component maker, pulling back from consumer goods like TVs that dragged it into losses.

Now, cars that can automatically detect, report potholes

Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 09:25

Imagine a car that knows where potholes are before people get to them, and, can also warn them ahead of time.

Sony raises full-year profit view on strength in sensors, videogames

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 13:11

Japanese consumer electronics maker Sony Corp <6758.T> on Wednesday raised its earnings estimates for the fiscal year that ended in March, citing higher-than-expected sales of camera sensors and videogames.

Microsoft puts a stop to Kinect for Windows v2 sensors

Last Updated: Monday, April 6, 2015, 09:42

Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 works exactly the same with either.

Sony sees 25-fold profit jump by 2018 through videogames, sensors

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 14:05

Sony Corp aims to boost its operating profit 25-fold within three years by focusing on its more profitable image sensors, videogame and entertainment businesses, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Now, a smart mattress system to make you sleep sounder!

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 19:07

An innovative smart sleep system reportedly uses under-the-mattress sensors and beside clock to monitor and improve a user`s sleep patterns.

Harry Potter`s invisibility cloak to soon become reality

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 14:27

A team of researchers have proposed the first design for an active cloak that draws energy from a battery, allowing objects to become undetectable to radio sensors over a greater range of frequencies.

iBeacon reaches out to US Apple shoppers

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 17:15

Apple used freshly deployed iBeacon sensors to virtually -- and personally -- accompany iPhone, iPad or iPod-toting shoppers through its US stores on Friday.

Sony may buy Renesas plant to boost sensor production: Sources

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 14:57

Sony Corp may buy a factory from chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp to boost production of its imaging sensors to meet rising demand from Chinese smartphone makers, sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Soon, biomedical sensors to keep astronauts fit in space

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 10:05

In an attempt to keep astronauts healthy in space, engineers from the Kansas State University are designing new tools and biomedical sensors for spacesuits.

New phone apps give homeowners smart-home security

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 10:35

In the United States in 2012 there were more than 2 million burglaries, or about one every 15 seconds, according to government crime figures.

BSF decides to procure ground sensors for border

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 13:45

In an attempt to thwart infiltration attempts along the border with Pakistan, the Border Security Force has decided to acquire ground sensors to pick up movement along the LoC and the International Border.