In Montreal, bus and subway riders who use the transit system’s OPUS smart fare card and have a smartphone, can receive personalized coupons from stores and entertainment venues that are located along ...

Sensor plays very important role in robotics and plant automation. One of the important areas in Industrial applications is Interfacing their output to the firmware. It is very important to understand ...

Companies and NGOs spend millions of dollars outfitting people in the developing world with technologies to improve their lives. But do those water filters or new toilets actually make a difference?

If you love tinkering, ESPHome is a fantastic way to build custom smart home devices. This open-source firmware framework gives you local control over smart home devices that support open standards.

Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. Journalists, scientists and technologists gathered at San Diego State University on Saturday for ...

Dennis Teefy completed his tenure as the Project Director Sensors-Aerial Intelligence (PD SAI) after passing the charter to his successor, Julie Isaac, on May 14, here at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

A technology initiative to help Arlington emergency responders — by relying on the heat mapping of crowds — is expected to ramp up next month. The pilot program looks to equip streetlights with ...

Poet Carl Sandburg once called Chicago the “city of the big shoulders.” Lately, it has also gained a reputation as being the city of big data. Now, the data moniker is about to get bigger. Later this ...

A simple AVR microcontroller based circuit that can detect when you touch a metal probe connected to one of the mcu inputs. A simple AVR microcontroller based circuit that can detect when you touch a ...

The so-called ‘smart home’ often comes across looking incredibly dumb. Either you have to shell out lots of money to replace perfectly functional appliances for their Internet-connected equivalents — ...