Smart home products allow us to control and automate many parts of our lives and homes. From bedrooms to kitchens, you can add these web-connected devices to every nook and cranny of your domicile, ...

When it comes to modern electronics, the word “smart” seems to apply to almost every kind of device on the market, especially building automation products such as motion sensors and consumer products ...

If you're looking for a presence sensor to help you build up your smart home, the new Aqara FP300 is an especially capable option.

Smart home devices are only as useful as their ability to detect what's happening around them. I spent years just using voice commands — treating expensive gear like glorified clap-on lights. After ...

Ikea is fleshing out its smart home line with three new smart sensors, including a motion sensor, a water leak sensor, and a door and window sensor, all of which will work with Ikea’s ...

When smart home devices were first introduced, motion sensors were among the most interesting. This sensor would use differences in light to detect activity in a given space—impressive, but imprecise.

Advances in manufacturing and micro-chip technology have led to surging interest in the field of “smart sensors,” broadly referring to low-cost sensor chips with embedded micro-control units. Smart ...

NeWave Sensor Solutions, a five-year-old RFID firm based in Ohio, set out to tackle some of the limitations associated with item-level tagging for fast-moving consumer goods, such as razors, baby ...

Imagine a drummer, lost in the groove, her mind focused solely on her music. She pauses, looks at her smartphone, not for the time, but to get instant feedback on her performance: tempo, precision, ...

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