#Light Sensors

[barbedwirechain]

how it feels to talk about my childhood with anyone who is unaware of my assigned gender at birth

[bpod-bpod]

Bust a Move

Entering stage-left like a disco dancer with a score to settle, this tiny ‘soft robot’ makes a determined effort to cross the floor. All the more impressive as people keep sticking knives into its limbs. This quadruped robot is made from a self-healing material – an elastomer that repairs after the cuts, combined with wavy light sensors capable of detecting stress and damage then feeding the information back to a controlling computer. In this particular model, after every cut the robot adjusts its movement – it’s gait – to compensate for its injuries. Researchers believe this new generation of flexible electronics gains a form of awareness or 'damage intelligence' – they’re not only resilient to damage but can adapt to it. Similar robots may be suited to working inside or alongside the body, monitoring stresses and strains on and off the dance floor.

Written by John Ankers

Video by Hedan Bai, Young Seong Kim & Robert F. Shepherd (edited)

Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Science Advances, December 2022

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[kirancmi]

Light Sensors Market Is Estimated To Witness High Growth Owing To Increasing Adoption In Consumer Electronics

Light sensors are an integral part of various consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices. Light sensors are used in presence/ proximity detection, automatic lighting control, and ambient light sensing in consumer electronics. They help in detecting the light intensity of surroundings and accordingly adjust the screen brightness to optimize battery life and enhance user experience. The increasing demand for advanced features in consumer electronics is driving the adoption of light sensors.

The global light sensors market is estimated to be valued at US$ 4.06 Mn in 2023 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 4.5% over the forecast period 2024 to 2031, as highlighted in a new report published by Coherent Market Insights. Market Dynamics: The increasing adoption of light sensors in consumer electronics remains the major driver fueling the growth of this market. As mentioned earlier, light sensors play a vital role in presence/proximity detection and automatic screen brightness adjustment in smartphones and tablets. They are also used in ambient light sensing for automatic lighting control in smart homes. Moreover, the growing applications of light sensors in IoT-enabled devices such as smartwatches, wearables, and smart home appliances is augmenting the market growth. However, price fluctuations in raw materials can hamper the production of light sensors and negatively impact the market during the forecast period. SWOT Analysis Strength: Light sensors have wide applications in various industries such as consumer electronics, industrial automation, automotive, aviation, healthcare etc. Light sensors help detect brightness levels which can improve efficiency of lighting systems. They provide accurate light detection capabilities. Weakness: Initial setup and installation costs of light sensor systems can be high for smaller businesses. Dependency on weather conditions can affect accuracy of outdoor light sensors. Opportunity: Growing adoption of IoT technology and smart home automation systems is driving the demand for light sensors. Increasing focus on energy conservation through use of efficient lighting is propelling the light sensors market growth. Threats: Availability of alternative technologies for light detection can hamper the demand. Strong competition from local players impacts profits of established light sensor manufacturers. Key Takeaways The global light sensors market size is expected to witness high growth over the forecast period owing to increasing applications in consumer electronics and automotive industries. The global light sensors market is estimated to be valued at US$ 4.06 Mn in 2023 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 4.5% over the forecast period 2024 to 2031. Regional analysis

comprises- The Asia Pacific region dominated the light sensors market in 2021 and is expected to continue its dominance during the forecast period. Countries like China, Japan, South Korea are major markets for light sensors in automotive and consumer electronics sectors. Key players

analysis comprises- Key players operating in the light sensors market are Comvita, Bee Health, Natural Life, Manuka Health New Zealand, Zhifengtang, Wang€TMs, Bricaas, Baoshengyuan, Zhonghong Biological, Baoshengyuan. These companies are focusing on new product launches and mergers & acquisitions to strengthen their market position.

Get more insights on this topic: https://www.newsstatix.com/light-sensors-market-industry-insights-trends-light-sensors-market/

[soupdweller]

day 10: LIGHTS ON.

[coworkerjonathan]

Out of curiosity what is the mold room?

They found a room in the basement filled with mold so they decided to seal the door "so that the mold wouldn't escape".

It was locked like this for around 2-3 years, I think?

Coworker Mari and I went there yesterday and it was unlocked though.

[miyrumiyru]

Three diffent moths were shaked in terror and fear on the ground...

Artificial light is a literal dead trap to them :(

What we (individual) can do for reduce light pollution? Turn off the light if you don't use them! for these precious bugs ❤️

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Man, sometimes living alone with ADHD really do be like:

Me: Huh, I wonder why I'm so shaky and tired and seeing spots everywhere

Also me: *hasn't eaten food in two days, hasn't had water in just as long, has been hunched over current hyper fixation for hours without moving, hasn't seen sunlight in days*

Me: .... Just one of life's great mysteries I suppose

[puppetmaster13u]

Thinkin about @phoenixcatch7 's Possessed Doll au, and I was slowly rotating how like, Duke can use his powers while in a doll body. Ended up with this lol

[y-rhywbeth2]

Elves: Homes

(At least sun, star, moon and probably wood elven.)

Link: Disclaimer regarding D&D "canon" & Index [tldr: D&D lore is a giant conflicting mess. Larian's lore is also a conflicting mess. There's a lot of lore; I don't know everything. You learn to take what you want and leave the rest. Frankly these posts may get updated now and then. etc]

Physiology and quirks | Names & Clans and Houses || Pan-Cultural things: Social life | Time and Age Categories | Homes | Art | Entertainment | Technology || Elven 'Subraces' still a wip || Philosophy and Religion & Pantheons || Half-elves | [WIP]

Seeing if I can make this easier on myself and move faster by breaking it up into more specific posts.

So here's an idea of what the homes of various elves and half-elves might looked something like.

(From what information I have on hand anyway: information on home décor and the normal life of peasants is so often cast by the wayside so that we can have adventurers and noble idiocy instead.)

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'Amid the tree castles were lesser mansions of spired stone and what looked like blown, sculpted glass. However it seemed by the hanging gardens that sprawled over such edifices that elves could not bear to live unless growing plants or trees shared the same space with them.' - Elminster in Myth Drannor

'Furs lay everywhere underfoot, and polished wood sculpted into lounges and chairs rose in flowing shapes on all sides. Wealthy elven families seemed to love varicoloured blown glass and chairs that rose into a variety of little armrests and shelves and curved lounging cavities.'

Elves in human lands will usually keep their massive house plant collection to unobtrusive levels, unless the downstair neighbours have earned their ire in which case they will cover the floor with soil and create an indoor forest (and a downstairs flood) out of spite.

As well as turning their homes into walk-in garden centres, surface elves are apparently really fond of glass ornaments, and particularly suncatchers; '[the houses] sparkled back the sun from swirling glass ornaments hanging like frozen raindrops from their balconies and casements.' Drow also like decorating with light, but go in for faerie fire decoration since the Underdark has no sun to catch.

'High' subraces will use the word 'ever' to mean home, wood elves 'vand.' Immeet is the yearning to return home to ones family and hearth.

Your typical basic elven home consists of about three rooms, and regardless of their economic standing an elf will strive to make it aesthetically pleasing: they're very aesthetic oriented beings, and creativity and passion for art/life is a core value so they'll often be unique and unusual in design and décor. Even the homes of the poorest elves, like tiny caves sheltering impoverished drow citizens, will always be made 'as beautiful as possible.' Even wood elves, who live relatively aesthetic lives in quiet little communes have houses built with elaborate decorative wood carvings in their structure. An elven construction is made to express the talent and creativity of the residents, as well as enhancing the beauty of their surroundings and adding to a larger picture without disrupting the natural beauty of the land they're built on too much. Practicality means nothing, it doesn't matter if you can live in it if it's not pretty. 'Functional' buildings like most houses and the tallhouses most N'Quess city dwellers rent rooms in are called 'ridiculous' and 'intrusive.'

You can spot the wealth of the elf by how crazy the design is getting and how many extra rooms they have. Glass windows, clear and coloured, are for the poor, elves of means use fancy magic forcefields instead. Although I expect that outside of an elven city you have to deal with human architecture where glass window panes are expensive.

I'm not sure what the layout is. For the 'basic' layout I assume it's common room, contemplation/nesting/bedroom (probably communal in shared homes), and kitchen. Bathing appears to be communal, with (magically heated) bath houses, public fountains, and natural springs. Sanitation never gets covered.

Since elves don't sleep - save an increasing number of drow who are incapable of reverie - they don't have bedrooms. Their personal rooms usually resemble studies or lounges more than bedrooms. While a non-elf might recognise the purpose of a personal room where one keeps ones clothes and possessions and has a comfortable place designated for reclining and relaxing (a 'reverie couch'), and they will term it a bedroom, elves tend to use other names. Said names vary, but Evereskans call them 'contemplations' or 'a/the contemplation,' and the elves of the High Forest call it a 'nesting,' and that's likely what elves encountered in the Western Hinterlands (and further North) call their rooms, assuming they don't just use the common term for it by osmosis.

Tables obviously exist but may be less common than expected, especially in elven settlements and especially amongst the nobility, as magic being more normalised and readily available amongst elves means that floating platters can be provided.

Lighting is preferably done with magic, such as objects imbued with continual flame whose intensity can be adjusted. Fancier versions come with colour and visual effect settings and the ability to be coded to triggers, like being motion sensitive.

Preferably an elf lives above ground level, 20 or more feet into the air (500 feet has been mentioned) in deliberately shaped grown trees or magical structures. For those living subterranean lifestyles, hollowed out stalactite mansions are a popular alternative. Ground level structures are for the young children, elderly and disabled who are at risk that high up (elves don't believe in safety railings). I've seen passing mention of elven homes in human cities which seemed to assume elves will live above the ground floor by default, so I assume their desire to be tall applies to how they chose what apartments to rent.

[jodoesnew]

Day 26 Scorch

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Research explores organic semiconductor materials for sustainable temperature sensors

New research into organic semiconductor materials, led by the University of St Andrews, paves the way for more sustainable temperature sensors for use in everyday technology. Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials, the so-called third-generation of emitters used in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), have attracted significant attention over the course of the last decades as alternative emitters to noble metal-containing phosphorescent complexes used in commercialized OLEDs like those in mobile phones. However, their use in other organic electronics applications such as sensors, has been much less explored. The new research, published in Nature Communications, led by Professor Eli Zysman-Colman from the School of Chemistry, discloses an organic TADF compound used for colorimetric temperature sensing having the widest spectral and temperature range compared to other organic optical temperature probes.

Read more.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

there's something so soothing about holding a weapon when you're Nervous. me and this solid metal fire poker have bonded for life

[hypervoxel]

Enough discourse, I wanna post about headcanons

The Vees are a polycule to me, but in a way that I can't even explain without an entire slowburn fanfic (stay tuned. I'm a slow writer). But I will try.

Velvette:

I do adhere to the lesbian Velvette headcanon. She's dating Vox and still occasionally joins Valentino for a threesome with him. When she first joined the Vees, Velvette used to identify as bisexual (and still loves the bi flag colors the most) and all three of them used to date, before Velvette realized that she's a lesbian.

She and Vox are still dating, and they have an open relationship.

Vox:

Vox's response to Velvette coming out was, "So you're breaking up with Val?" Yes, his pronouns are he/him. No, he's not a man. He'd long shed the fleshy confines of humanity and gender along with it.

Vox is aspec, agender, autistic. To me. He's sex favorable of the 'I want to do it for my partner's enjoyment' flavor. Watching from cameras brings him just as much enjoyment, and he watches everything and everyone, living vicariously, a voyer through the screen. As a result of that, he's so so touched starved, but his sense of feeling is muted (the consequences of betraying flesh in favor of the machine). Soft touches to his synthetic skin don't really register, his sense of feeling restricted to mostly pressure and pain, so he's become a bit of a masochist in response because that's something physical.

Valentino:

He just likes sex. He chases pleasure in any form he can find, dopamine rushes from numerous drugs, orgasmic release, the rush of power from crushing someone underfoot. Anything and everything, he'll try it all. And none of it is really enough, so he'll never stop chasing more.

Valentino doesn't consider his relationship with Vox romantic, even if Vox totally does. They're friends, sure, business partners, absolutely, and fuckbuddies wherever Val is in the mood for it. But romance isn't Val's thing. That's hard work, and Val saves romancing for potential new hires he wants to sign a contract with. What Vox and he have is also written down on a contract, joining their businesses together too closely to be parted without blood, but it's not the same. Not to Val. So, he wouldn't call Vox his boyfriend, but he also wouldn't correct anyone who said they were. Vox is someone he can let his guard down with, one of the few people who would never want to get out of the contract their names are signed on. They work well together. That's better than any romance you can get in Hell, Val thinks.

Val and Velvette are catty besties. Pan/Lesbian solidarity and hostility all in one.

[savetheghost]

god i really do need to work on the mechanical goggles while im energetic

[beastrambles]

why do ghost hunters all use the same five pieces of equipment..... give the ghosts an ipad you cowards

[zeravmeta]

kazuichi casually says his "i wish i was born a girl" line to hajime and we get this extended sequence of the sound waves travelling up and out past the earths atmosphere hitting a satellite and then being sent back down directly to ibukis ear and she turns to look at him 10 feet away on the same beach with the most insane expression of lust