The PIR sensor allows you to detect when a person or animal moves in or out of sensor range. This sensor is what you’ll find in most modern security systems, automatic light switches, garage door ...

Motion detection is a common application for intruder alarms, light switches, and other home and industrial automation applications. And there are several ways to do it. We have already used a PIR ...

Working from home with regular video meetings has its challenges, especially if you add kids to the mix. To help avoid embarrassing situations, [Charitha Jayaweera] created Present!, a USB device to ...

[Revanth Kailashnath] writes in to tell us about an interesting project he and his team have been working on for their “Real Time Embedded Programming” class at the University of Glasgow. Intended to ...

Abstract: Most of the activities carried out all day are done outside the home. This condition happens in every major city. Therefore, it is ascertained that the occupants must leave many empty houses ...