Arduino is a microcontroller designed for real-time hardware control with very low power use. Raspberry Pi is a full computer that runs operating systems and handles complex tasks. Arduino excels at ...

I love the Pi, but it's not always the best tool for the job.

Most polymers don’t mix—and that’s the point. Polymer alloys succeed by engineering the interface: use thermodynamics to predict separation, processing to sculpt morphology, and compatibilizers to ...

Whenever the temperature climbs, we all see social media posts of car dashboards offering blisteringly hot temperature claims, but how accurate are they? As the big question is, really, where is the ...

What use is a sensor that's wrong?

Olimex HoT (Home of Things) is a lightweight Smart Home solution designed to run on low-end hardware (128MB RAM, 128MB flash) ...

Five days isolated in complete darkness retunes the senses. Scientist Kiana Aran explains how sensors help to share the sensations with others.

A stretched polar vortex and plunging cold temperatures have heaters and furnaces working overtime this winter, causing many to question when to use the emergency heat or what 'aux heat' means when it ...

A common sight in ‘smart homes’, door sensors allow you to detect whether a door is closed or open, enabling the triggering ...

ST’s VL53L5CX is a very small 8×8 grid ranging sensor that can perform distance measurements at a distance of up to 4 meters. In a recent video,[Henrique Ferrolho] demonstrated that ...