A 17-year-old high school junior from Orange County, Ryan Honary, may have found a game-changing solution to wildfires.

[mircemk] shows how to create a simple non-contact proximity sensor using little more than an Arduino Nano board, and a convenient software library intended to measure the value of capacitors.

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have long been a fundamental technology for data collection in various domains, from environmental monitoring to industrial ...

A new MEMS evaluation board promises to help engineers develop context-aware applications in a unified graphical environment. Developers can plug in a sensor module, connect to a PC, and start ...

As they circumnavigate the ocean, the skippers in the Vendee Globe might be noticing a very different ocean than they have in the past as they directly experience the changes in the conditions at sea ...

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs. Expertise 3D printers ...

Read more here. Board games are a great way to break the ice, whether you’re at a party or hosting a get-together with folks you haven’t seen in a while. But with so many options available ...

This line defines “SENSOR_1_PIN” as pin 2 and “SENSOR_2_PIN” as pin 3 on the Arduino board, where the two IR sensor signal pins get connected. Here Arduino’s pin 2 is associated with the external ...

Here’s how it works. With sweater season upon us, it's time for the best board games to shine. And I don't mean dusty old classics like Monopoly that get broken out when you've got nothing else ...

If you're not a fan of how competitive things can get around the table, cooperative board games will be a breath of fresh air. Besides emphasizing teamwork and good communication, they also have a ...

Editor's Note: Although every board game on this list can be played alone, most of them can be played with up to four players. The only exception to this is Final Girl, which was designed to be a ...

The angle that the sensor “sees” is 100 degrees and reaches up to 5 meters. It is often used in a variety of applications, including home security systems, automatic lighting, and energy management, ...