Deveillance's Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.

There might not seem much use for a physical switch on a phone that manually shuts off your camera and microphone -- unless you're worried about somebody listening in without your consent. A decade ...

Light aircraft often use a heading indicator as a way to know where they’re going. Retired instrumentation engineer [Don Welch] recreated a heading indicator of his own, using cheap ...

BMV080 is a low-power, low-cost PM1, PM2.5, and PM10 sensor module with I2C and SPI interfaces that sells for just $29.90.

Today I learned that WiFi and Bluetooth LE could NOT be used simultaneously on Arduino boards featuring the ESP32-based u-blox NINA-W102 wireless module, ...

The human body continuously generates a rich spectrum of vibrations—often without us ever noticing. Everyday unconscious ...

That's the DJI Mic Mini for you. A small wireless mic kit that ticks most boxes you’d expect from a wireless mic in today’s times … with a tiny form factor. I have to admit – I’m more of a motor nerd ...

This all-purpose presence sensor is a master at monitoring indoor activity and linking it to smart home features you already use. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and ...

Aqara has announced the Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400, a new presence sensor that it says is precise enough to suss out whether you’re sitting, standing, or lying down. The FP400 builds on several past ...

When it comes to content creation, sound is vital. What a listener hears, whether it be an audio-only format or a video, greatly influences how they perceive a piece of content. Good audio signals ...

OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, and it’s not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to new reporting from The Information, the company has unified several engineering, product, and ...

The promise of the smart home largely hinges on accurate, speedy presence detection. That's to say, our home needs to know when there are people in it and where they are, as quickly as possible, so ...