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 ...

[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 ...

You don't need a sophisticated system to smarten up your home. There are many options requiring only a single smart sensor ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

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.

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 ...

The image sensor is arguably the most important component in a digital video or still camera. But these sensors are also notoriously non-standardized. They tend to differ in the schemes used for: ...

Scientists have created a new type of chemosensor (demonstrated for lactic acid sensing) which functions with electricity but without the need for reference electrodes or battery power. Scientists at ...