Smart lights are a great way to enhance home security. Being able to flip on the lights remotely or automatically, you can give the impression that someone is home and expose potential intruders. It’s ...

Most people probably have at least one spot in their home that could benefit from some additional lighting. Not trendy geometric fixtures, or classic vintage lamps, but lighting that’s more functional ...

Researchers in China have developed a rice-sized optical sensor that could give surgical robots ...

LEDs are a wonderful technology. You put in a little bit of power, and you get out a wonderful amount of light. They’re efficient, cheap, and plentiful. We use them for so much! What you might not ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Researchers developed a sensor that measures just 1.7 millimeters and can measure forces and torque in all directions using light. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a sensor about the size of a ...

Lidar systems use pulses of infrared light to measure distance and map a 3D scene with high resolution, allowing autonomous vehicles to rapidly react to obstacles that appear in their path. But ...

You might think traffic light systems are fairly basic. After all, electric traffic signals first appeared all the way back in 1914. However, they have advanced significantly since their inception, ...

The smartest sensor was right under your nose.