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ActLight SA and its proprietary Dynamic PhotoDiode (DPD) has been selected by Menalto Advisor LLC and included, under the chapter Optoelectronic, in their  issued in January 2018

ActLight SA recently closed its series B financing round. With a CHF 1.2 million contribution, Investiere was the largest investor in this round. ActLight develops and licenses light sensor technology which can be used for applications such as low power heart rate monitoring, range meters and 3D cameras. Source

ActLight, in collaboration with EPFL, developed a new generation of the heart-rate monitor sensors for smart watches. Source

Today, ActLight presented the next generation Heartrate Sensor for wearables, featuring a remarkable 80% reduction in power consumption compared to what is currently available on the market, and still delivering the same performance. The Heart rate sensor is based on ActLight’s proprietary Dynamic PhotoDiode (DPD) technology and has been developed in co-operation with a global… Continue reading →

ActLight, a Swiss photonics technology firm known for its breakthrough Dynamic PhotoDiodes (DPD), has announced a project of next-generation sensors for low- energy heart rate sensing for wearable devices in cooperation with ON Semiconductor, driving innovation in energy efficient electronics. “The healthcare industry is becoming more reliant on new methods to monitor and treat patients.… Continue reading →