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Home Toys
June 2005 |
Motorola Ushers New Era in Home Monitoring & Control Consumers can easily install and customize new solutions that work with existing broadband connections -- enabling users to remain connected and informed. Cost-effective and feature-rich, Motorola's solution monitors and controls a variety of home functions.   |
Home Toys
April 2003
Bill Lund |
How I get my hot water fast! A review of a hot water demand system that saves energy and provides hot water fast. |
PC World
July 2001
Jonathan Blackwood |
Watch Your Home Remotely With Affordable New Tools New tools let you keep an eye on your home away from home, via your office PC... |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Amanda C. Kooser |
In iControl Go online to keep your company under lock and key. |
This Old House
Laura Fraser |
How One Family Did a Smart-Home Upgrade The Johnsons upgraded their home with app-controlled gadgets to make life easier, safer, and cost-effective |
Home Toys
December 2004 |
Voice Alert: The Perfect Gift for Every Adult on Your Holiday List Voice Alert System-6 is a wireless notification system designed to install easily and provide instant information regarding what is going on in and around the home. |
This Old House
John D. Wagner |
Emergency Shutoff What to do when pipes burst, fixtures leak or appliances flood. |
PC World
May 21, 2007
Kirk Steers |
Do-It-Yourself Surveillance Protects Home or Business Webcams and IP cameras let you keep an eye on your property while you're away. |
AboutSafety
August 10, 2001
Kay Mangieri |
Sense Or Smell Choosing the right workplace gas detection monitor is critical, but can be difficult. Some basic selection criteria are needed to help focus the search for the most appropriate piece of equipment... |
This Old House
Jason Carpenter |
Connected Cameras Thanks to the Internet, you can keep watch on your house from anywhere. |
CIO
June 1, 2002
Christopher Lindquist |
See It All Internet-enabled cameras with motion sensors can be used to monitor your home. New models are reaching lower price points. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
Brian Betts |
Smart Sensors A single moment of human error can make a sensor and all the data it gathers worse than worthless. A new standard for analog sensors could save lives and money. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Control Yourself Three homeowners jump into the world of home automation to see if the "wow" factor is really worth the hassle. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Bert Centala |
Sensors Make "Sense" for Home Automation Environmental sensor products can be a welcome addition to almost any Home Automation system whether they are used to actively control HVAC devices or to simply monitor key environmental parameters. |
AskMen.com
August 29, 2001
Justin Becker |
How To: Protect Your Home Whether you're a bachelor or have a family to call your own, you want to make sure your home is safe and sound from accidents, and more importantly, intruders... |
Home Toys
June 2006 |
A New Use for an Old VCR *Low Cost Home Security System * While most other sensors have range limitations, Video Motion Detection has the advantage that any image in the field of view of the video camera can be analyzed for movement and alerts triggered. |
CFO
August 1, 2005
John Edwards |
Sensors Working Overtime Wireless tracking devices are radically transforming how businesses monitor vital equipment. |
Technology Research News
July 30, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Eyes off, screen off Giving computers the ability to discern where you are looking means, among other possibilities, setting screens to go dormant when they don't have your attention. The trick to making it practical is keeping the energy-saving mechanism from using more energy than it saves. |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006 |
Unattended Ground Sensors After several decades of rather obscure awareness in military operations, the use of passive sensors for remote battlefield applications is becoming more popular... Ground surveillance sensors... Future combat systems... etc. |
Chemistry World
August 2006
David Walt |
Comment: Common Sense for Sensors Designing sensors for manufacturability must be performed at the outset rather than as an afterthought. Only when we develop such reproducible sensors will they become pervasive tools for improving our quality of life. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007
Molly Brown |
Find Your Way: Gyroscopes and Improved Magnetic Sensors Gyroscopes and magnets join GPS chips in mobile devices of every stripe. |
Popular Mechanics
February 20, 2009
Joseph Truini |
The Guide to Sump-Pump Problems: DIY Guy Have a sump pump question? The answer might be here. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2007
Philip E. Ross |
Benedetto Vigna: The Man Behind the Chip Behind the Wii The designer of the MEMS motion sensor in Nintendo's fabulous game tells how he got into micro-machining and where he's taking it next. |
Popular Mechanics
April 7, 2009 |
How to Banish Basement Pipe Problems The way water comes in and goes out of the home is one of those processes we take for granted -- until we can't take a shower or make the toilet flush properly. |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
Personal Notification System Keeps Tabs on the Naughty and Nice Broadcast an audio message throughout the house when a sensor is tripped. |
Popular Mechanics
January 1997 |
Installing A Sump Pump If you have water problems in your basement, the simplest solution may be to install a sump pump. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2006 |
LabVIEW Drivers for Wireless Sensor Networks National Instruments announced LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks, giving engineers and scientists working with these devices the ability to fully integrate their wireless sensors into a graphical development environment. |
Home Toys
December 2002
David Steele |
Driveway And Entry Annunciators For Home Automation Driveway and entry annunciators have been around for many years. To add them to your home automation and security system can add a whole new meaning to convenience. They can provide you not only with being alerted when a visitor approaches, but also turn on lights for safety and convenience. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Gary Drake |
Create a wireless sensor network using Wi-Fi and web services Using low cost hardware available from retail vendors a wireless sensor network can be constructed using Wi-Fi. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2013
Erika Jonietz |
Profile: Supermechanical The company's Twine sensors simplify home monitoring |
InternetNews
March 6, 2006
Clint Boulton |
From Sun Labs: Remote Sensors, on The SPOT Sun Microsystems's Lab today will introduce Project Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, a remote control gadget that creates sensor-oriented applications for wireless sensor networks and consumer electronics. |
This Old House
Charlie Cook |
Sump Pump Cover-Up There's no plumbing-related reason for a sump pump cover, but it will prevent objects from falling into the well and young children from playing in it. Also, the presence of radon gases or local building codes might require a cover. Here's what to do. |
PC Magazine
July 13, 2004
Cade Metz |
Smart Skin The prototypeof this product has already demonstrated that it can monitor infrared radiation, which means it's also capable of tracking changes in body temperature. Future versions will respond to all sorts of other stimuli, such as touch and pressure. |
Chemistry World
June 2, 2011
Tamsin Phillips |
Swimming with sensors Sensors printed onto the sleeves of wetsuits could alert the wearer to contaminated water. Navy divers could also use the sensors to locate underwater explosives, such as mines. |
Chemistry World
August 14, 2013
Daniel Johnson |
Putting PENCIL to paper to create gas sensors Scientists have made a carbon nanotube pencil that can draw gas sensors straight on to paper. This cheap and extremely quick prototyping method could spur huge advances in gas sensors, both for public health and in something as simple as toilet ventilation. |
Technology Research News
April 20, 2005 |
Nanotube Chemical Sensor Gains Speed Researchers have made single-walled carbon nanotube chemical sensors that transmit information by measuring the charge in the nanotubes' capacitance, or ability to store electric charge. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
Willie D. Jones |
New Device Lets Plants Talk Smart sensors let crops text-message growers for more water and one company claims their sensors could significantly lower the world's freshwater usage. |
InternetNews
September 23, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
A Wireless Web For Ocean Waters NetBEAMS sensor project broadcasts environmental data over inexpensive cell phones using Java open source software. |
Home Toys
April 2004
Paul Custodio |
Affordable Home Automation Solutions The following three examples are simple home solutions that can be implemented in nearly any home on nearly any budget, using equipment available from X10.com. |
InternetNews
August 24, 2005
Tim Gray |
High-Tech Surveillance Under Foot New York City has awarded a $212 million contract to defense firm Lockheed Martin for an underground high-tech security strategy expected to counter the threat of terrorist attacks. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2008 |
Airflow sensor A bi-directional digital unit for use with air or nitrogen gas, Panasonic Electric's SUNX FM-200 digital airflow sensor offers detection and high-speed response. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2005 |
Family of Computer-Controlled Pan-Tilt Units Directed Perception Inc. is offering the PTU-D300 family of computer-controlled pan-tilt units to provide systems integrators and OEMs a positioning solution for infrared and thermal cameras, antennas, video cameras, and other sensors. |
Fast Company
November 2008 |
High-Tech Ways to Go Green at Home Advanced sensors and incentives can trim electricity, water, and gas use at home and boost recycling. |
PC World
February 20, 2002
Martyn Williams |
Sony Focuses on 6 Megapixels Company's new image sensor will allow consumers to create professional-quality digital images -- at a price... |
CIO
September 1, 2003
Julie Hanson |
Tiny Sensors Technology observers have been touting the coming proliferation of wireless sensors that will report all sorts of data about the stuff to which they are attached. Now researchers are watching a company called Dust Inc. to see how it executes its plans to sell small electronic sensors called motes. |
National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
Building Miniature `Noses' to Sniff Explosives To sense malicious chemicals and substances, such as explosives, scientists are searching for the holy grail in chemical sensing -- a mechanical device that is as good as or better than a dog's nose and can run nonstop to provide continuous monitoring of an environment. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Sensing Change In Wireless Sensor technology is expected to drive wireless growth in manufacturing. |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2014
Harriet Brewerton |
Saliva information Scientists in the US have developed a mouthguard sensor that could be used to monitor metabolites in saliva to provide real-time information on the health status of the wearer. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Lights, Cameras--Everywhere Astounding battery life could lead to the camera's next frontiers. |
