M y adventures of building a smart home on a shoestring budget are taking an interesting turn. It turns out that I don’t need ...

New car interiors are laced with speakers and microphones to support increasingly complex audio systems and voice recognition features. Now Harman wants to put this hardware on the outside of cars as ...

(Nanowerk News) Sensors that monitor infrastructure, such as bridges or buildings, or are used in medical devices, such as prostheses for the deaf, require a constant supply of power. The energy for ...

Researchers have developed a battery-free sensor that reacts to sound waves, such as particular spoken words, producing enough vibrational energy to power an electronic device. The novel sensor would ...

From factory automation to healthcare, ultrasonic sensors enable precise monitoring of distance, depth, and fluid levels.