A basic Arduino board adds creativity, flexibility, and interactivity to your home lab. It costs little but opens countless ...

TinyML is an incredibly powerful piece of software, and you can easily train your own model and deploy it on an ESP32.

Abstract: Soil health, influenced by variables such as temperature, moisture content, and nutrient levels, plays a crucial role in agricultural productivity. The proposed Smart Soil Monitoring System ...

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

Infrared sensors, which act as the "seeing" component in devices such as LiDAR for autonomous vehicles, 3D face recognition systems in smartphones, and wearable health care devices, are regarded as ...

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military ...

The Raspberry Pi might sound like dessert, but it's actually a credit card–sized computer changing the world of DIY tech. First launched in 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, it was designed to make ...

Installing a smart water sensor can save you a lot of money and hassle. The best leak detectors we've tested immediately alert you to issues and even shut off your home's water supply. I’ve been ...

If you’ve ever come home to a soggy basement or found out too late that your kitchen sink or toilet has a slow leak, you know how expensive it can be to repair or replace carpets, flooring, and walls ...