Another sensor that tends to be hidden away in plain sight is the ambient light sensor. Once again, you've seen it in action as it's used to adjust the brightness levels of your screen. But with the ...

Could a cheap soil sensor help me rescue the orchid on my kitchen table that's been struggling for weeks? Common capacitive soil moisture sensors rely on the electrical properties of the materials ...

A common sight in ‘smart homes’, door sensors allow you to detect whether a door is closed or open, enabling the triggering ...

Abstract: This paper presents a sensor-based gesture recognition system for hands-free control of Android devices. The proposed approach utilizes the built-in proximity sensor, accelerometer, and ...