Monday, March 18, 2013 - 12:29pm
Hunching over is pretty common these days, but it's not very good for us! Now, there's a handy tool out there to help us stand up straight.
sensor stories
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 5:06pm
One day you'll be able to check if your package has been mishandled, before you sign for it, with a special sensor and a smartphone app.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 11:23am
At first glance, NODE looks like a little LED flashlight, but upon closer inspection, you'll see that it's a powerful sensor that has the ability to do things like telling you if you've got a fever just by aiming its temperature-taking module at your forehead.
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 11:14am
We've been saying for a very long time that the megapixel war is over. Today's cameras pack more than enough pixels for most people to work with. Here's a 112-megapixel sensor where megapixels matter.
Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 8:47am
Big cities use sensors in strategic spots to monitor environmental conditions, but they're not much help when there's a localized problem far from the nearest monitoring station. La Montre Verte (The Green Watch) from a French group called Fing, turns...
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 8:12am
Clamp Fitbit onto yourself (okay, onto your clothes if you insist), and it'll keep tabs on your fitness, even when you're asleep. Its motion sensor records how many steps you've taken and miles you've walked/run, calories burned, and even...
