The SparkFun Qwiic Soil Moisture Sensor (SEN-17731) is a simple breakout for measuring the moisture in soil and similar materials. The soil moisture sensor is pretty straightforward to use. The two ...

Flash Bee is an easy-to-make DIY handheld lightning detector based on an ESP32-C3 board, a round display, and AMS AS3935 ...

A plant never whispers when it needs water. It wilts, it droops, it gives up—often long before anyone notices. That silent ...

It's why DIY smart home projects suddenly got cheap (and actually doable) ...

If your idea of a six-course meal is a small order of chicken nuggets, you might have missed the rise of sous vide among cooks. The idea is you seal food in a plastic pouch and then cook it in a water ...

SEATTLE — A UW Medicine surgeon-engineer is helping design a tiny wireless sensor that could sit inside a tear drain and continuously monitor the body for signs of disease. “Yes, eyes are the windows ...

CU Boulder researchers have built high performing optical microresonators opening the door for new sensor technologies. At its simplest form, a microresonator is a tiny device that can trap light and ...

PCWorld reports on YouTuber UncleStem’s impressive 7x scaled Arduino board that maintains full functionality despite its massive size. The oversized board cleverly integrates a hidden Arduino Nano for ...

Is the Arduino Uno Q the missing piece in your next project? With its hybrid design that fuses the precision of a microcontroller with the flexibility of a Linux-based single-board computer, this ...

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 nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be ...

Scientists build artificial neurons that work like real ones Researchers have created low-voltage artificial neurons using bacteria-grown protein nanowires, enabling direct communication with ...