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Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a tiny new sensor that can be carried around on a small drone or even the back of an insect – and then dropped on demand to track the environment for years at a time.Continue ReadingCategory: E… Continue reading Tiny sensor system can be airdropped by drones and insects where needed
Looking to give himself a competitive edge, racer [Douglas Hedges] wanted to come up with a system that could give him real-time feedback on how his current performance compared to his previous fastest lap time. Armed with a Raspberry Pi and some Python libraries, he set out to add a …read more
No, no, at first we thought it was a Pokemon too, but Placemon monitors your place, your home, your domicile. Instead of a purpose-built device, like a CO detector or a burglar alarm, this is a generalized monitor that streams data to a central processor where machine learning …read more
As we go deeper into the pandemic, many buildings sit empty or have limited capacity. During times like these having visibility into the state of the building can give building operations peace of mind. Today, Verkada, a startup that helps operations manage buildings via the cloud, announced a new set of environmental sensors to give […] Continue reading Verkada adds environmental sensors to cloud-based building operations toolkit
Graphene, the electrically-conductive “wonder material” made up of a one-atom-thick sheet of linked carbon atoms, already has many uses. It now has another, however, as the active ingredient in a sensor that detects food spoilage.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Graphene-based sensor detects spoiled fish and meat
Our understanding of the sensory capabilities of animals has a lot of blanks, and often new discoveries serve as inspiration for new technology. Researchers from the University of Leeds and the Royal Veterinary College have found that mosquitos can navigate in complete darkness by detecting the subtle changes in the …read more
Continue reading Obstacle Avoidance For Drones, Learned From Mosquitoes
Sony has shown off what it’s calling “the world’s first image sensors to be equipped with AI processing functionality.” These new sensors handle AI image analysis on board, so only the necessary data can be sent for further cloud processing.Continue Re… Continue reading Sony announces camera sensor chips with built-in AI processing
Pushing all of your data into “The Cloud” sounds great, until you remember that what you’re really talking about is somebody else’s computer. That means all your hard-crunched data could potentially become inaccessible should the company running the service go under or change the rules on you; a situation we’ve …read more
Engineers from North Carolina State University have developed a thin, stretchable electronic wearable sleeve that allows the user’s skin to breathe, making for more comfortable long-term use as a biomedical sensor or human-machine interface.Continue Re… Continue reading Breathable electronic material makes for more comfortable wearables
Many of us now keep tabs on how we’re doing by wearing health and fitness trackers like those from Fitbit, which run on batteries that need charging. Researchers from Caltech have developed an electronic skin that can be packed with sensors, and that’s… Continue reading Sweat could power battery-free health trackers of tomorrow