How accurate is your smartwatch? Learn how Apple and Samsung smartwatches use motion and HR to track sleep, and why you ...

In winter, it’s important to ventilate living and working spaces regularly. Here’s how to make a homemade measuring station ...

Smartphones rely on multiple sensors—such as the accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and proximity sensor—to power everyday features. From screen rotation and navigation apps to motion tracking and ...

Dirt. For millennia, the dark, rich soil underlying farms and gardens worldwide has been central to human survival. It’s also a lot more complex than it looks. Within every clump of soil lies an ...

CU Boulder Today—A team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers is making reliable, inexpensive and easy-to-deploy sensors that monitor soil in real time as it, essentially, breathes in and out.

Designed by Nova Radio Labs in the US, the Novaduino Environmental Sensor Kit is an Arduino-programmable air quality and weather monitoring solution built around the company’s own Novaduino Display ...

The Pepperl+Fuchs SmartRunner 3-D Stereo sensor based on stereo-vision technology records 3-D information of objects with a single image and calculates their volume, dimensions, rotation, and position ...

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a wearable sensor system capable of estimating braking and propulsion forces while running outdoors — a ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Distant sensors work as one, simultaneously enhancing both precision and resolution. (Nanowerk News) Precise metrology forms a fundamental basis for advanced science and technology, including ...

With a day to digest the Chicago Bears’ 26-14 win over the New Orleans Saints, coach Ben Johnson concluded it was his team’s most physical performance in six games. “You could certainly hear it and ...

In high-precision manufacturing environments or in the field, accurate and efficient inspection of defects, features, and surface finish (roughness) is critical to ensuring product quality and process ...