When you’re driving your car, you’re probably regularly looking at the speedometer to make sure you comply with the local speed limits. The method by which it works is simple enough: ...

Window alarm sensors are an essential part of home security systems, alerting you to unauthorized entries by monitoring window openings, glass breaks and motion. Each window alarm sensor type serves a ...

Learn how Kyle Loucks, founder and CEO of RollPros, combined engineered motion mechanics with embedded control and data-driven insights to automate cannabis joint rolling. Kyle Loucks combined ...

The stabilisation system uses gyroscopes, accelerometers, and expanded optical angles to do what no phone could before.

The ESP32 keeps finding new jobs in my house.

Walk into any electronics store, and you'll find plenty of temperature sensors priced anywhere between $15 to $50. Even if you get past the price and buy a fancy one, you'll be disappointed to know ...

In a University of Kentucky laboratory, three small spacecraft stand-ins slid across low-friction air tracks, nudging and pulling one another without thrusters, propellant, or physical contact.

Door sensors detect door position (i.e., open or closed) based on the precise gap between the magnet and the reed switch.

Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have built a new color-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time. The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a ...

The concept of a 3D scanner can seem rather simple in theory: simply point a camera at the physical object you wish to scan in, rotate around the object to capture all angles and stitch it together ...