I love the Pi, but it's not always the best tool for the job.

The HomePod mini and HomePod 2 have a sensor that can measure temperature and humidity. Ask Siri to find out the temperature or humidity level of the room your HomePod is in. You can use your ...

Abstract: Nowadays the smart house is necessarily useful part of home comfort. Many people can't imagine their lives without smart devices. A lot of companies provide solutions in this field, for ...

Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an innovative flexible sensor that can simultaneously detect strain, strain rate, and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Though the meaning of smart home varies depending on who you ask, with so many useful smart sensors for your home, if your home isn't smart, ...

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 ...

1 Hydrosciences, Postgraduate College-SECIHTI, Texcoco, Mexico. 2 Hydrosciences, Postgraduate College, Texcoco, Mexico. Soil temperature dynamics play a crucial role in various soil processes and ...

Designing an analog circuit can be a frustrating experience, as noted by Nick Cornford in his Design Idea (DI), “DIY RTD for a DMM.” With a fortnight’s struggle, I completed the design of 4 mA to 20mA ...

NVIDIA’s GPU driver mishaps in recent weeks has gotten pretty bad, ranging from black screens, crashes, and many glitches in between. While the latest April driver (version 576.02) was meant to fix a ...