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 ...

Motion sensors can be built into individual luminaires or installed remotely to detect surrounding persons or objects. LED luminaires with inbuilt sensors are becoming increasingly popular and readily ...

This product is featured in EDN’s Hot 100 products of 2018. See all 100 here. Lighting in commercial facilities can be very costly. There has been an ever-growing demand to lower costs by switching ...

While addressable LED strips are all the rage, [Mike] from [mikeselectricstuff] has been working on an installation using the more basic two-wire strips that are simply controlled via PWM dimming.

More and more people are tracking their physical fitness with the aid of wearable gadgets and appropriate apps. Optical sensors are suitable for measuring pulse rates and oxygen saturation in blood.

Oil and gas production and work in confined spaces exposes field personnel to a variety of toxic and explosive gases in everyday drilling, processing, transport, and municipal operations. Explosive ...

Leddar, short for LED Detection and Ranging, is a new type of detection and ranging sensor that uses LEDs to detect objects and determine their distance. While the Leddar is low resolution, it is also ...

Certain classes of diesel fuel are dyed red under regulations of the US Environmental Protection Agency and Internal Revenue Service. The goals of these regulations are to minimize emissions and ...

A group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have shed light on a valuable new use for LEDs by demonstrating their usefulness as chemical sensors. In research published in the Jan. 25 ...

General Electric Co. is working with the developer of the ShotSpotter technology that can be used to quickly pinpoint gunshot violence — including potential terrorism — in cities. Advertisement ...

Sphero has announced another rolling ball robot called the Sphero Bolt. The Sphero Bolt follows in the company’s ethos of having a commitment to education-based products, but it comes with some ...