I turned an old Android phone into a DIY smart home hub — here's how it works

Here's how I built a budget smart home setup using an IR blaster and Android phones. I also found a way to use Gemini totally ...

ESP32-H2 Brings 20mA Active Power to Zigbee IoT Devices

The ESP32-H2 microcontroller offers ultra-low power for Zigbee smart home devices. It draws just 20mA compared to the 77mA of ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I stopped using cloud weather APIs after setting up a local environmental station, and my HVAC automations run flawlessly

My automations shouldn't rely on someone else's data.
Hackaday

Open Source Tricorder Is In It For The Science

If you’re reading Hackaday there’s pretty good odds you’re at least somewhat fond of Star Trek. We’d bet good money most of ...

Apple now sells Aqara Adaptive Temperature thermostat and seven more accessories

This week Apple refreshed its third-party accessories lineup to include eight additional products. This includes the Aqara ...
Nature

Optical sensors articles from across Nature Portfolio

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...
Nature

Biosensors articles from across Nature Portfolio

Biosensors are devices used to detect the presence or concentration of a biological analyte, such as a biomolecule, a biological structure or a microorganism. Biosensors consist of three parts: a ...
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