At the heart of every camera is a sensor, whether that sensor is a collection of light-detecting pixels or a strip of 35-millimeter film. But what happens when you want to take a picture of something ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A smart motion sensor typically detects the presence or movement of a person, while a smart switch is most often used to turn lights on or off ...

Food spoilage remains difficult to detect before it becomes a health risk. Consumers often ...

The new smart sensor uses embedded information to detect motion in a single video frame. A new bio-inspired sensor can recognise moving objects in a single frame from a video and successfully predict ...

Door sensors are some of the simplest smart home devices you can get. Instead of anything fancy like measuring the heat or motion, all they do is detect when their two halves are separated. Yet, that ...

My progress toward a truly “smart” home has been painfully slow. I’m sick of unreliable voice commands, flaky smart switches, and poorly designed apps. Where’s the seamless experience that was ...

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 ...

Smart sensors aren't just for turning lights on when you walk into a room. There's all manner of fun and clever ways to use them around your home. Whether you're tracking your child's suspicious ...

The huge diversity of sensors and other hardware which our community now has access to seems comprehensive, but there remain many parts which have made little impact due to cost or scarcity. It’s one ...

Medications can save lives, yet for some drugs, the concentration in a patient's bloodstream determines whether a treatment ...

Acer’s WBC-0E01 is on sale on Amazon with a 14% discount. Its 1/2-inch Sony CMOS sensor outperforms the 1/3-inch chips in ...

Advanced sensors of this type might one day be able to help engineers pinpoint where to look to determine whether hidden ...