How to make it We wanted our sensor to stay compact, so we used a soldering iron and sheathed wire for some of the internal circuitry.

Smart home automation is the ultimate life hack, in my humble opinion. Whether for efficiency, accessibility, nerding out, or just plain laziness, all you need are smart home devices and a little ...

A leak sensor is a quick and affordable way to identify potentially damaging water leaks.

Old phones are often fated to sit in a box somewhere, or in an e-waste landfill. Here's how you can repurpose your old Samsung phone into a smart home device.

You can easily add new sensors to an existing SimpliSafe system. In fact, the process can be done using a phone or the SimpliSafe Keypad. Here's how it works.

One of the most common sensor issues you may encounter is with your car's TPMS sensor, but is it a sensor that you can replace by yourself?

Stop worrying about turning your bathroom exhaust fan on and off. Instead, install a humidity sensor that automatically controls the fan switch.

Chemical Sensing How to make a sweat sensor for drugs Guidelines include how to deal with pesky interfering signals when making voltammetric sensors by Louisa Dalton, special to C&EN ...

Photo: Mitchell Clark If you regularly change lenses on your camera, dust or debris will eventually end up on your sensor. There are things you can do to mitigate that, but any time you expose ...

Adding Bluetooth to a sensor node can make it more useful and more user friendly.

The obvious course would be to start in the Home app and use its Automation view. However, automations within Home can be set on a schedule only for what Apple calls accessories: devices that have ...