The design of consumer products has for years been moving towards an ever sleeker and smoother aesthetic. The mobile phone has led the trend – manufacturers first thinned the bezel, then got rid of it entirely, so that all that can be seen on the front of a premium smartphone is the display. Now the principle of smooth and sleek design has the next target in its sights: the push-buttons on the edge of the enclosure which power a device on and off, and provide basic user inputs such as volume controls. The end point of this trend is the creation of a completely smooth exterior, w...

Sumitomo Chemical will participate in SPIE Photonics West 2026, the world’s largest optics and photonics conference and exhibition, to be held in San Francisco, California, the United States, from Tuesday, January 20 to Thursday, January 22, 2026. This conference, organized by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the leading society in this field, showcases a wide range of the latest optical and photonic technologies and applications, including optical communications, lasers, and optoelectronic devices. Sumitomo Chemical offers compo...

PlayNitride, a global leader in MicroLED technologies, today announced a strategic collaboration with Brillink to develop a next-generation array-based photonic interconnect solution designed to deliver longer reach, lower power consumption, and superior bandwidth density for high-performance computing (HPC)and AI systems. As one of the industry's foremost MicroLED innovators, PlayNitride will contribute its high-efficiency green MicroLED emitters, enables longer reach, lower power consumption, and more stable performance compared to blue MicroLED emitters&m...

Innoviz Technologies Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance LiDAR solutions, announced today the integration of its InnovizSMARTer LiDAR with NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano. The new solution delivers a complete far edge solution for real-time 3D perception, enabling wireless deployment of LiDAR sensors in bandwidth-constrained environments while significantly reducing the centralized processing cost. The integration with NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano addresses a major barrier in smart infrastructure. High-performing LiDAR sensors generate gigabits...

Innoviz Technologies Ltd., a leading Tier-1 direct supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms and complementary software stacks, announced today a partnership with Vueron Technology Co. Ltd., a leader in AI-powered LiDAR perception solutions. Through this collaboration, Innoviz LiDAR data from InnovizTwo and InnovizSMART is now integrated into Vueron's VueX AI development platform, enabling automotive manufacturers and smart infrastructure operators to accelerate their perception development through automated data annotation...

AEye, Inc., a global leader in software-defined lidar solutions, today announced the integration of its long-range Apollo lidar with the NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor™ automotive computing platform, to enable high-performance sensing and perception for next-generation physical AI systems. The integration combines AEye’s long-range, software-defined Apollo lidar with NVIDIA’s Thor centralized AI compute, delivering a scalable architecture for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and intelligent mobility applications...

Ganzin, a pioneer in glint-free wearable eye-tracking technology, is excited to announce the global debut of its next-generation AURORA IIE eye-tracking solution at CES 2026. Building on the success of last year's AURORA IIS NPU solution, AURORA IIE introduces a custom-designed ASIC processor--Eye Processing Unit 2 (EPU2)--dedicated solely to eye-tracking computation. For years, the high computational power required for eye-tracking has prevented AR/AI glasses from integrating this feature in a truly power-efficient manner. While A...

ams OSRAM, a global leader in innovative light and sensor solutions, will showcase how its latest solutions are powering game-changing applications in nearly every industry at CES 2026 in an invite-only meeting room at the Venetian Expo. Top experts and company executives will share technical insight into the latest lighting and sensing products, discuss current industry trends and address strategies for future growth. “Our continued CES presence demonstrates our commitment to innovation and our position as a trusted lighting and sensing leader,” said Conrad R...

Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (the "Company" or "Innoviz"), a leading Tier-1 direct supplier of high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor platforms and complementary software stacks, launched today the Company's latest development: the InnovizThree LiDAR. InnovizThree was designed with slimmer dimensions and lower power consumption, all while delivering exceptionally high-performance at a dramatically reduced price compared to InnovizTwo. The newly slimmed-down design allows InnovizThree to be seamlessly integrated behind the windshield or on...

Over the first half of this year, the contribution to GDP growth from data center investments has been the same as the contribution from consumer spending, according to the chief economist at Apollo Global . Artificial intelligence (AI) servers are rapidly evolving into power- and bandwidth-hungry systems, demanding interconnects that exceed the capabilities of traditional copper links. CPO / laser based optical links are evolving and MicroLED (µLED) photonic interconnects are being touted as a promising new solution due to their ability to form massively parallel em...

According to the report “TrendForce 2026 Infrared Sensing Application Market and Branding Strategies,” driven by brands’ strategic planning, five key themes are projected to unfold steadily between 2026 and 2030: 1) consumer electronics, including under-display 3D sensing, under-display proximity sensors, and bio-sensing; 2) smart cockpit / ADAS- driver / occupant monitoring systems (DMS/OMS); 3) automotive automation- autonomous driving; 4) industrial automation and humanoid robots; and 5) optical communication. Various factors are helping to expand th...