Track Room Occupancy Without Cameras Using ESP32 Wi-Fi Drops

Learn how to repurpose your spare ESP32 boards into cost-effective presence detection sensors using the Tommy Sense ...
Tech Xplore

Robots can now 'see' touch thanks to a new color-changing tactile sensor

Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have built a new color-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time. The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a ...
Interesting Engineering

New color-changing tactile sensor gives robots a real-time sense of touch

The new tactile system allows robots to see touch in real time by instantly transforming invisible mechanical forces into vivid, dynamic color patterns.
MUO on MSN

I tested Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity on a real electronics project — only one actually finished

ESP32s are surprisingly good AI lie detectors.
Gothamist

NYC to install traffic sensors to track how pedestrians, bikers and drivers behave

New York City's Department of Transportation is expanding its use of high-tech sensors across city streets, Commissioner Mike Flynn announced this week. The devices are meant to help the department ...
Houston Chronicle

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra-steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alex Krasnok, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) Quantum computers ...
Nanowerk

Graphene aerogel sensor detects pulses, gives robots a sense of touch

Researchers built a flexible graphene aerogel pressure sensor with extreme sensitivity, 20,000-cycle durability and uses in wearables and soft robotics. (Nanowerk News) A research team has developed a ...
Phys.org

This tiny grain-of-rice sensor gives robots a new sense and changes what delicate tools can detect

Researchers have developed a sensor about the size of a grain of rice that can measure forces and twisting motions in all directions using light instead of traditional electronics. The new sensor ...
EurekAlert!

Flexible touch sensors: Mimicking human skin with a smart conductive polymer

Imagine a prosthetic hand that can feel the warmth of a coffee cup, or a smart bandage that tracks your pulse and breathing. Scientists are now one step closer to making these a reality —thanks to a ...
9to5google

Pixel 11 Pro will ditch the temperature sensor, leak says – did you use it?

After three generations, Google is apparently saying goodbye to its built-in temperature sensor on Pixel 11 Pro. 2023’s Pixel 8 Pro introduced one of Google’s first new hardware features in some time, ...
AppleInsider

Here's what using a touchscreen Mac may be like

For years, Apple has been rumored to be bringing native touch functionality to the Mac. A new display gives us an early look at what that may be like, for better and worse. Recently, I got an early ...
Medical Xpress

Smart soft sensors restore surgeons' sense of touch in minimally invasive procedures

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed soft, flexible sensors that help restore a surgeon's sense of touch during minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery. These procedures allow for faster recovery ...