Sony

This week we're talking about a standard for the GMSL serial bus, possible fabs in the UAE, a Sony electrical sensing array IC, and the role of “deep tech” in space exploration...

Sony Semiconductor has created a nerve cell sensing array with over 200,000 electrodes spread over a few square millimetres. Aimed at drug research, it allows experiments on nerve cells outside of a human or animal. Made in CMOS, it has 236 880 electrodes in a ~480 x 500 array across 5.5 x 5.9mm. The pixel spacing – 11.22μm square pixels ...

The world’s smallest transformable nano rover, a Japanese system nicknamed "SORA-Q", which has the distinction of taking images of the Japanese SLIM lander last year.

It’s an interesting month, with the posts covering laser drones, rain gauges, Arduino, and the Worst in Show CES 2025 awards, among others...

Let's highlight a recent teardown: the new Sony PS5 Pro, the latest in Sony's PlayStation lineup, gets taken apart by the repair specialists iFixit.

Over 50 years ago, the company chose South Wales to established its first European manufacturing plant, and it has made over 50 million Raspberry Pi products at its UK Technology Centre in Bridgend. Japanese Ambassador to the UK Hiroshi Suzuki and Sony UK TEC MD Rob Wilson at the Sony UK Technology Centre in Pencoed, Bridgend, Wales “We are proud ...

Sony Space Communications Corporation (SSCC) and Astro Digital are partnering for the design, manufacture and launch of two micro-satellites.   The Astro Digital satellites will carry an SSCC optical terminal for establishing high data-rate Lasercom links with each other, as well as with terminals on the Earth. The idea is to showcase SSCC’s optical communications technology and help laser communications ...

Sony has expanded its LYTIA image sensor portfolio with a 50MP CIS designed for high-end and flagship smartphone cameras designated LYT-818. The device has a sensor size of 1/1.28″ and a pixel size of 1.22 μm. This combination of a large sensor and increased pixel size is claimed to enhance image quality with  low noise and impressive HDR capabilities. The ...

Is there still a dividing line between consumer and business when it comes to technology, questions Matthew Swinney, Head of Image Sensing Solutions at Sony Europe? With the coming of age of AI and IoT, the origins of the Internet seem to belong to another era. They can be traced back to the 1970s with ARPANET, a project designed by ...

Sony has publicly released its “Camera Remote Command”, a list of commands enabling developers to remote control any of 29 Sony cameras. This removes restrictions to third party software to remotely control aspects of shooting, monitoring, and file transfer in Sony cameras, highlighted the company. Camera Remote Command Possible applications for Camera Remote Command include 3D image scanning (automating the ...