The plastic-and-stainless-steel device, topped by a tiny solar panel, determines the amount of water to be delivered to the garden each day, using Mr. Aramburu’s Wi-Fi network to comm... Read more
External laser device detects presence of alcohol vapors inside of a moving car “This work illustrates how remote sensing technologies affect our everyday life,” said Marco Giani... Read more
New, low-cost chips for sensing thermal energy could lead to a raft of new night-vision products, engineers say, ushering in everything from smarter cars to handheld devices for spelunking.... Read more
Researchers have shown a way to mass-produce devices that could be useful in drug development and a variety of diagnostic tests Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence... Read more
Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook. We all get riled by technology once in a while, with all those feeble batteries, endless... Read more
Criminals might not get away so easily, thanks to a new fingerprinting method that may be faster and more reliable than traditional methods, researchers say. The method images the sweat pore... Read more
Technology developed at UC Riverside has wide applications, from designing better cars and smartphones to high-tech baseball gloves Imagine an automobile crash test that uses test dummies pa... Read more
Scientists at the Univ. of Southampton are aiming to develop a handheld testing device to provide same day diagnosis from a patient’s bedside. In the fictional Star-Trek universe, the tricor... Read more
Club-goers will soon be able to detect within 30 seconds if their drinks have been spiked, with the world’s first GHB fluorescent sensor developed by NUS researchers. GHB or Gamma-Hydroxybut... Read more
Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives. Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we... Read more
A low-power photodetection system can harness enough energy to power an autonomous sensor and monitoring network Light detectors are used extensively in daily life as brightness sensors and... Read more
A University of Southampton researcher has helped to develop a wireless network of sensors that is set to revolutionise soil-based salinity measuring. Dr Nick Harris, from Electronics and El... Read more
Single seniors lead a risky life: after a fall, they often lie on the floor several hours before their awkward predicament is discovered. A sensor system detects these emergency situations a... Read more
Infrared sensors can be employed in a wide range of applications, such as driver assistance systems for vehicles or thermography for buildings. A new camera is providing a test bed fo... Read more
A new measuring system is enabling sleep monitoring in your own bed. A sensor is placed under the bed sheets, measuring e.g. heart rate, breathing, sleep quality and sleep length. The sleep... Read more
