We don’t know if this will come as a surprise to the regular Hackaday reader, but a whole bunch of Atmel microcontrollers have a very cool feature hidden away in their datasheets. Most of them – ...

When they need to add temperature control to a project, many hackers reach for a K-type thermocouple for their high-temperature needs, or an integrated temperature-sensing IC when it doesn’t get that ...

A new Indiegogo campaign has appeared to help you monitor your food’s temperature when you microwave it. Called Cmicro, the device consists of a little puck (the actual sensor), a number of different ...

This project is to prototype a set of self-powered (such as piezoelectric, thermostat, solar, etc) embedded sensor systems for pervasive computing. A tangible exam is a body-temperature powered motion ...

The Pharmaceutical Technologies group has recently acquired a fibre optic temperature sensor from INFAP GmbH (München, Germany). Until now, the calibration of the TVIS response (i.e. the peak ...

The HomePod Mini’s dormant temperature sensor is now live. But what does it do? Photo: Alex Cranz / Gizmodo The smart home has become a renewed priority for companies since Matter launched, soon to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Apple unveiled the HomePod Mini in November 2020, and not long after ...

Scientists seeking to deploy an armada of 3,000 robotic probes to take the pulse of Earth’s oceans are halfway to their goal. As of Nov. 30, 2004 oceanographers had launched 1,516 of the sensor-laden ...