We don’t know if this will come as a surprise to the regular Hackaday reader, but a whole bunch of Atmel microcontrollers have a very cool feature hidden away in their datasheets. Most of them – ...

Unlike the standard ESP32 microcontroller, the CAM variant includes a camera module and a microSD card slot built into it.

Numerous studies have shown that the indoor temperature and relative humidity at workplace significantly impacts workers’ comfort and productivity. The first step towards optimizing these two ambient ...

One of the problems for the smart buildings of tomorrow is that they may depend on some very un-smart wires to power them. To cut the cord, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researcher Hao Gao ...

A new Indiegogo campaign has appeared to help you monitor your food’s temperature when you microwave it. Called Cmicro, the device consists of a little puck (the actual sensor), a number of different ...

This project is to prototype a set of self-powered (such as piezoelectric, thermostat, solar, etc) embedded sensor systems for pervasive computing. A tangible exam is a body-temperature powered motion ...

A barograph is a device that graphs a barometer’s readings over time, revealing trends that can predict whether stormy weather is approaching or sunny skies are on the way. This DIY Digital ...