It’s really hard to overstate how awesome ESP8266 development boards like the Wemos D1 Mini really are. For literally a couple of dollars you can get a decently powerful Wi-Fi enabled microcontroller ...

Detecting motion in a restricted area of a hospital. Knowing when a treatment room door is propped open. Recognizing unsafe air quality levels within a facility. Understanding each one of these ...

Researchers designed an IoT network using sound and motion sensors that estimates public space utilization. The ideas can be applied to other IoT sensor networks. Sensor Fusion for Public Space ...

Bluetera II is an open hardware IoT solution powered by 9-axis motion sensors, an MCU with support for BLE 5.0, and an SDK based on Google’s Protocol Buffer technology. The small development board ...

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There are plenty of ways to turn on connected lighting, from an app on your phone, through smart switches like Logitech Pop, to voice control via Alexa or Siri, but Philips wants to make it as simple ...

Sensors are one of the most important components used in internet of things (IoT) applications, collecting critical data in a range of end products from drones and automobiles to wearables and AR/VR ...

The future of the industrial market is being established by groundbreaking technologies that promise to reveal unique potential and redefine what is possible. These innovations range from ...

Sensors provide an amazing connection to the physical world, but extracting usable data isn’t so simple. In fact, many first-time IoT designers are unprepared for how messy a sensor’s data can be.

Look around you: how many sensors can you see? Perhaps none: they’re hidden. But wait, that door just slid open as you approached. That escalator started moving as you walked onto it. Walk further, ...