Home automation with high usefulness and low annoyance tends to rely on reliable person sensing, and [francescopace]’s ...

The use of a copper winding as a temperature sensor is not new. The traditional technique is to disconnect the ac power and the load and to quickly make the measurement using an ohmmeter. But the ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

In general, as someone without diabetes, you want your fasting blood sugar (when you haven’t eaten for at least eight hours) to be below 100 mg/dL. You want your spikes to be below 180 mg/dL, to lower ...

Kids who are used to playing interactive Lego Star Wars in the virtual world will now be able to have some of the same kind of adventures in the real world, thanks to a new Lego Star Wars Smart Play ...

A crucial part of birds’ eyes is unlike any tissue known in vertebrate animals. Their retina – the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye – sidesteps the near-universal need for oxygen by ...

The best smart thermostats we've tested can control your home's heating and cooling with your phone or voice—and might help you save on energy costs. I’ve been working with computers for ages, ...

I tested six popular thermometers and compared their ease of use, reading speed and design, and found two models I’d recommend to anyone for at-home use.