Keeping plants alive is easy if you’re diligent and never forget to check on your green friends. However, a little electronic ...

Electrical energy is no longer treated as an unlimited utility. Every watt consumed has a cost impact, an efficiency implication, and in many cases a safety consequence. A smart grid in IoT is not a ...

In this video I'm walking you through the steps I took to make a standalone version of my pellet level monitoring sensor that is not directly connected to Home Assistant but it functions separately .

In this video I'm building an Arduino Heart Rate Monitor that is housed in a toy handle in the style of the Star Trek Tricoder. The device uses the PulseSensor with an Arduino Pro Mini and an OLED ...

This library is not tested with hardware yet. (it is based upon datasheet + app note). If you have hardware and can test with SPI, please let me know (open an issue). The BL0940 is a configurable ...

The Thermostat Hub W200 combines many of the best features of Aqara's lineup to make a very compelling smart home thermostat. Reading time 2 minutes Aqara just announced a swath of new smart home ...

ReefwingMSP is a light weight Arduino implementation of the MultiWii Serial Protocol. This is required for easy configuration, simulation, telemetry, black box recording and On Screen Display (OSD) ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

In addition to knowing if a neighborhood is experiencing active flooding, it helps to have a bit more data. How regularly do these events occur? Is flooding expected based on the forecast? “The sensor ...

Sai is a singer-songwriter from India with a passion for gaming and tech. His music has been featured on Rolling Stone, Rock Street Journal, Indie Music Diaries, and more. Most PC gamers are stuck ...

It's a little fussy to set up, but gives real insights into how your body is responding to hot weather exercise. Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a ...

A team of CU Boulder researchers has introduced a quantum sensing technique that could lead to improvements in how we monitor infrastructure, detect changes in the environment and conduct geophysical ...