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 project is developed by UTS Technologies and Smart Docklands. It was born out of the 2024 Smart Docklands Pilot Call.

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 – ...

Are you looking for another compact temperature and humidity sensor? If you think the AHT10 is your next sensor to experiment with, stay for a while!

The HomePod is back from the dead, and fortunately, it’s not just a zombie version of the original HomePod. Among the new features is one that is hidden in the HomePod mini but not actually active: a ...

Huawei’s temperature-taking smartphone is the most 2020 phone of 2020 An IR temperature sensor lets a smartphone do fever screening for COVID-19.

One of the problems for the smart buildings of tomorrow is that they may depend on some very un-smart wires to power them. To cut the cord, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researcher Hao Gao ...

The rumors were true! Well, kind of. Google just announced the new Pixel 8 Pro and it comes with a new temperature sensor, which is situated on the handset’s signature camera visor. In mid-May, a ...