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The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

As of today, we are always looking to innovate our products as well as create new ones to make things more simplistic. Whether it be fully autonomous vehicles, agriculture, or marine surveying, companies are engineering a more efficient and cost-effective LiDAR systems to make these a reality.


News Sep 29, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

In part one of this instrumentation and control (I & C) series, we'll go over the fundamental terminology and concepts used when working with industrial plants.


Engineer Spotlight: Kunal Chaudhary on Designing IoT Home Automation (Inspired by Hal9000)

Engineer Spotlight: Kunal Chaudhary on Designing IoT Home Automation (Inspired by Hal9000)

The Dot uses location to add context to notifications.


News Sep 19, 2016 by Ebony Calloway
Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Use an Arduino/Genuino 101 with iAQ-Core air quality and HIH-6131 temperature/humidity sensors to make an Indoor Air Quality Monitor with Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity.


“Neural Dust” Sensors Could Lead to Implantable Wearables

“Neural Dust” Sensors Could Lead to Implantable Wearables

Tiny sensors the size of a grain of sand could allow brain-machine interface control of prosthetics and implantable wearable tech.


News Aug 24, 2016 by Kate Smith
The Rio Olympics: An Exhibition of Electronics Engineering

The Rio Olympics: An Exhibition of Electronics Engineering

This year’s Olympic Games extensively utilize wearables and sensors.


News Aug 20, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
What Is LiDAR and How Can I Use It?

What Is LiDAR and How Can I Use It?

Learn the basics of what LiDAR is, how it works, and how it's applied.


The Rise of Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) Sensors in Wearables

The Rise of Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) Sensors in Wearables

Maxim develops a platform for better measurement of static activities such as yoga using GSR sensors.


News Aug 05, 2016 by Ebony Calloway
TDK Acquires Tronics, Adds More Sensors to IoT War Chest

TDK Acquires Tronics, Adds More Sensors to IoT War Chest

TDK's acquisition of Tronics is a harbinger of the upcoming realignments in the sensor industry.


News Aug 03, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Teardown Tuesday: IoT Camera

Teardown Tuesday: IoT Camera

In this teardown, we are going to take a look at the insides of an internet-connected camera.


News Aug 02, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Tesla vs Google: Do LIDAR Sensors Belong in Autonomous Vehicles?

Tesla vs Google: Do LIDAR Sensors Belong in Autonomous Vehicles?

Elon Musk has made some bold comments about Google's self-driving car that uses LIDAR. However, Google is using LIDAR for different reasons than Tesla would in their Autopilot systems.


News Jul 24, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Study Shows PINs Can Be Tracked From Wearables

Study Shows PINs Can Be Tracked From Wearables

Recent research shows that wearable embedded sensors can be used to crack a user's PINs and passwords.


News Jul 22, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
The Progression of Bluetooth Low Energy SoCs

The Progression of Bluetooth Low Energy SoCs

Nordic’s BLE chipset is now available in both QFN and WL-CSP packages— and that shows how wearable applications are driving the Bluetooth Smart chip designs.


News Jul 21, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Duke’s Robotics Team Expedites Real-Time Motion Planning by a Factor of 10000

Duke’s Robotics Team Expedites Real-Time Motion Planning by a Factor of 10000

Researchers at Duke University have dramatically improved motion planning of robots in complicated environments.


News Jul 20, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Build Your Own RFID Technology Using an Arduino MEGA

Build Your Own RFID Technology Using an Arduino MEGA

In this article, we are going to learn some basics about RFID technology and use an Arduino MEGA to a play around with a popular RFID module, the ID12LA.


Projects Jul 20, 2016 by Joseph Corleto
How Sensor Fusion Works

How Sensor Fusion Works

Sensor fusion is the art of combining multiple physical sensors to produce accurate "ground truth", even though each sensor might be unreliable on its own.


Will the Autonomous Car Industry Survive Autopilot’s First Fatal Crash?

Will the Autonomous Car Industry Survive Autopilot’s First Fatal Crash?

Examine the implications for the driverless car industry following Tesla Autopilot's first fatal crash.


News Jul 09, 2016 by Seth Schaffer
Smart Homes Via Smart Phones: Toggl.it, Nest, and Iris by Lowes

Smart Homes Via Smart Phones: Toggl.it, Nest, and Iris by Lowes

Learn about three smart home platforms available that allow mobile home control with varying degrees of customization.


News Jul 04, 2016 by Yahya Tawil
Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Bathroom Scale

Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Bathroom Scale

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look inside an app-enabled Bluetooth bathroom scale!


News Jun 21, 2016 by Alex Udanis
MEMS Magnetic Sensing and Stimulating Brain Implants

MEMS Magnetic Sensing and Stimulating Brain Implants

A transdisciplinary team of neuroscientists and engineers at Penn State is developing MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) tech to monitor and stimulate neural electric signals— without invasive brain implants.


News Jun 01, 2016 by Kate Smith