Motion detectors are useful smart home devices for creating simple automations, such as turning on your lights when you enter ...

[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors. The ...

Smart home devices are only as useful as their ability to detect what's happening around them. I spent years just using voice ...

Clouds settle low in the sky as dusk sets in across Pajaro Valley. Fields of strawberries stretch out as far as the eye can ...

Usually, when you need to sense something in a project, the answers are straightforward. Want to sense air temperature? There’s a sensor for that. Particulate content in the air? There’s a sensor for ...

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New types of sensors can generate environmental data in real time using a range of tools, including flexible, printed ICs and ...

Avoiding the deluge of data created by the deployment of too many sensors requires a more considered approach to sensor selection and integration. Ideally, sensors should deliver just enough ...

With the Summer Olympics coming up soon in Paris, the buzz around the event is already starting to accelerate. Since the FIFA Women’s World Cup, we’re much more aware of how technology, specifically ...