Here's our pick of 8 things worth paying attention to from CES 2026 that weren't the LEGO Smart Brick.

Canon has just unveiled the MS-500, an unusual model that's one of the most sensitive non-infrared cameras ever developed. It uses the highest-resolution 1-inch SPAD (Single-photon avalanche diode) ...

A University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture researcher takes a SPAD meter measurement of watermelon plants during ...

SPAD sensors themselves are not new; they've been used broadly for more than 50 years – most notably, in applications like LiDAR, 3D time-of-flight (ToF) imaging and PET scanning, where their ...

The new Canon MS-500 can resolve subjects in colour at distances of several miles even at night. It’s aimed at high-level security work but could well find more creative uses. The Canon MS-500 was ...

On this day in aviation history-April 4, 1917-the SPAD S.XIII fighter biplane took to the skies for the first time. Developed as an evolution of the earlier SPAD S.VII, the S.XIII was Société Pour ...