You no longer need to spend money on expensive smart devices. If you take your data’s privacy seriously and want your smart home to operate locally, it’s high time to pick up a couple of ESP32 boards.

Tying together accessories across manufacturers is a key reason I love building around a smart home platform vs. picking manufacturers. One of the most underrated accessory types for HomeKit is motion ...

Understanding the strengths and limitations of each type of sensor will help you pinpoint the tools that best support your ...

The Aqara FP300 is a battery-powered presence sensor with Thread and mmWave radar, giving HomeKit precise motion and ...

Detecting and measuring movement is an essential element for many industrial and commercial IoT applications – from lighting and security to assisted driving. Motion detection systems consist of a ...

The Etch a Sketch toy has gone more or less unchanged for over 60 years, but if you’re handy with a soldering iron you can build an upgraded version that swaps aluminum powder for glowing LEDs. You’re ...

If you want to build a robust home security system, motion sensors are a must. They let you know when an intruder has already breached your defenses so you aren’t taken by surprise. With their help, ...

In the rapidly evolving field of consumer health, building automation and personal electronics, the demand for advanced, reliable, and efficient sensing solutions is ever-increasing. Here, tunneling ...

MIT has revealed a new toolkit that allows users to design and fabricate health and motion sensing devices using electrical impedance tomography. For the design toolkit, MIT researchers worked with ...