It is likely that many of us will at some time have experimented with motion detectors. Our Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, Beaglebones or whatever will have been hooked up to ultrasonic or PIR boards which ...

Let me introduce another simple microcontroller-based do-it-yourself circuit that detects motion and excites a light source in a flash. The “snooper” here is an ordinary passive infrared (PIR) motion ...

Arriving home to a dark house with an armful of anything is usually an exercise in fumbling confusion until someone manages to turn on a light. [Pavel Gesyuk] has circumvented this problem entirely by ...

A Raspberry Pi home automation project enables controlling lights, sensors, and smart devices via open-source software, ...

Xandem’s synergistic sensing technology created by the University of Utah has led to a new tomographic motion detection system. The product offers a new way to detect movement and can be easily ...

The Hex Home Security kit works fine, but it’ll be even more worth the money when third-party integrations are available. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo From Ring to Nest and everything in between, the ...