UV (ultraviolet) sensors of all sorts have been an interest of mine. They become interesting when you find the diversity of real-world practical applications. While searching for affordable UV light ...

Swiss research lab EPFL and the Geneva School of Art and Design have collaborated on the development of a wearable light sensor that measures how much light an individual is exposed to during their ...

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 ...

New miniaturized spectroscopy sensor technology developed by a European consortium could do for chemical sensing what camera phones have done for visual imaging. Developed by the MIRPHAB project, this ...

The so-called ‘smart home’ often comes across looking incredibly dumb. Either you have to shell out lots of money to replace perfectly functional appliances for their Internet-connected equivalents — ...

Mikros Systems of Princeton, N.J., has won a $48 million contract to provide the Navy with devices that can provide adaptive diagnostics of sensors. Known as Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable ...

We learned a couple of things from those Fitbit smartwatch pictures that leaked this week – and a bigger picture of what the company’s new device is emerging. For starters, it’s going to look like a ...