Presbyopia is one of life’s guarantees like death and taxes. This vision defect begins to plague people nearing the age of 45, as the lenses in the eyes lose the elasticity required to focus on objects that are close at hand.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has launched its new SmartThings Cam, built to assist families in closely monitoring what matters most at home. SmartThings Cam is a smarter way to monitor home with the finest monitoring features at an affordable price.
Fulham Co., Inc., a company that specializes in supplying electronics and lighting components for specialty and commercial applications, will display its latest LED luminaire EliteControl software/hardware solution at LightFair 2019 this week.
Today, people have become used to their smartphones and smartwatches sensing what their bodies are doing, be it driving, walking, or sleeping. But, what about a person’s hands? It emerges that smartwatches, with a few modifications, can detect an astonishing number of things one’s hands are doing.
Scientists at North Carolina State (NC State) University have spotted design defects in “smart home” Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that enable third parties to stop devices from sharing information. The defects can be used to stop security systems from signaling that there has been a burglary or uploading video of intruders.
A research on older women’s perception of technology led by Assistant Professor Blaine Reeder, PhD, and co-authored by Catherine Jankowski, PhD, at the University of Colorado College of Nursing found that more active older adult women like to personally use wearable sensors and purchase smart home sensors for their older parents.
A new and significantly enhanced version of an electronic tag, referred to as Marine Skin, used for tracking marine animals could transform man’s ability to scrutinize sea life and its natural habitat, say KAUST scientists.
A new room-temperature liquid metal-based super-stretchable sensor developed by researchers offers a number of benefits—it is cost-effective, enables facile fabrication, has high repeatability and excellent stretchability, and comes with a high gauge factor (GF) of 4.95.
PNI Sensor, the world’s foremost expert in precision location, motion tracking, and fusion of sensor systems into real-world applications, today announced a new addition to the PlacePod high-accuracy smart parking sensor family: the PlacePod Vehicle Counting (VC) sensor.
The burgeoning growth of 3D printing has made it possible to 3D print an individual’s own prosthetic from models available from open-source databases.