From DIY weather stations to industrial monitors, C++ makes it easy to interface with temperature sensors over I2C or ADC. With the right libraries, soldering skills, and design patterns, you can ...

Recent Arduino projects are blending AI-assisted coding, advanced thermal and environmental sensors, and cloud connectivity. Tutorials now show how to build systems with MLX90640 infrared cameras, ...

Skoltech scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from China and Iran, have taken a major step toward creating highly precise carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF)-based sensors. In a paper published in ...

Commercial vessels are deploying high-tech sensors to map a shifting sea, providing critical data for scientists and some help for the industry. Bob Hersey Jr. fishes for lobsters and dives for sea ...

The 8051 was an 8-bit Harvard-architecture microcontroller first put out by Intel in 1980. They’ve since discontinued that line, but it lives on in the low-cost STC8 family of chips, which is ...

The eyes of the city are on the Bosque. Not real eyes. Something better -- camera sensors that can detect thermal activity up to 100 feet away. Eighteen of these have been installed in wooded areas ...

Mill Valley is adding a carbon-free concrete requirement as it fine-tunes its green building code. “Tonight the city of Mill Valley took bold climate action,” Mayor Max Perrey said after the City ...

PCWorld explains how to create an affordable CO2 air quality monitor using a Raspberry Pi and MH-Z19C sensor for under $40. This DIY project helps monitor indoor air quality since high CO2 levels ...

The world of car diagnostics has changed a lot over the last 50 years. Back in the '70s and earlier, a mechanic's most valuable diagnostic tools were usually their eyes and ears. You could figure out ...

Designed by Nova Radio Labs in the US, the Novaduino Environmental Sensor Kit is an Arduino-programmable air quality and weather monitoring solution built around the company’s own Novaduino Display ...

Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago. By Raymond Zhong and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The ...