Data-driven smart technologies are ubiquitous in homes and commercial buildings. Urban planners have also adopted these sensor devices for city-scale environmental monitoring, traffic management, and ...

Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a University of Washington team developed a tiny, battery-free sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles ...

A team of scientists is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what's in your sweat. In a new article, the team describes a sensor design that can be rapidly manufactured using a ...

Researchers have created a system to help beekeepers monitor and analyze the health of their beehives and take corrective actions to prevent colony collapse -- when a majority of the worker bees ...

Luxi Huang (MSR '20) looks back on her final Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) project and shares the significance of studying a seal's whiskers. Seals and sea lions are both pinniped mammals, with ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart Brick that can recognize and interact with sets and ...