A common sight in ‘smart homes’, door sensors allow you to detect whether a door is closed or open, enabling the triggering ...

This tiny, inexpensive microcontroller makes it easy to build reliable, room-by-room Home Assistant sensors without paying the smart home tax.

Colder weather is fast approaching, which means keeping a careful eye on your body temperature if you spend a lot of time outdoors. Winter’s risks toward your body include frostbite and even ...

Intelligent MEMS sensors on breakout boards jumpstart many maker projects. Off-the-shelf drivers can get an analog sensor reading from a prototype in minutes. If sample rates are in seconds instead of ...

On our travels round the hardware world we’ve encountered more than one group pursuing the goal of making their own silicon integrated circuits, and indeed we’ve seen [Sam Zeloof] producing some of ...

New graphene sensors make for better brain-machine interface By Paul McClure March 21, 2023 Scientists have used graphene to create a sensor for brain-machine interfaces that allow control of a robot ...

It’s no exaggeration to say the ’00s have been the decade when the electronic sensor left the factory floor and went, well, everywhere. Manufacturers and retailers use RFID tags to track inventory.

Chris Calvert of Respond Software (now part of FireEye) outlines the challenges that reduce the efficacy of network security sensors. We have a serious sensor problem in the cybersecurity world. And ...