Fairfax County voters will have a new option for casting their ballots Nov. 4, and it will look a lot like a high school math test. Fairfax officials have bought about 240 optical scanner machines, ...

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WILLMAR -- A few minor mechanical glitches were reported Tuesday as Kandiyohi County gave the new optical scan vote counters and voter-assistive machines their first workout. Despite a few harried ...

Researchers have come up with an alternative to conventional adaptive driving beam systems: a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) optical scanner that relies on the piezoelectric effect of ...

From Disney World to the smartphone in your pocket, fingerprint scanners have become commonplace these days. Even budget phones sport the tech, sometimes alongside other biometric unlocking options ...

BMW prides itself not only on integrating the latest technologies in its vehicles, but also in the process of designing and manufacturing them. The company claims to be the first automaker to ...

A new report released Friday suggests that Apple’s upcoming iPhone will use optical finger scanning technology to hide the home button underneath the screen. The rumored iPhone 8 launch, set to take ...

Car accidents are responsible for approximately a million deaths each year globally. Among the many causes, driving at night, when vision is most limited, leads to accidents with higher mortality ...