It started when NASA answered a call for a tool to detect dangerous gases and chemicals with a smartphone. The result became a smartphone-linked device that can do, well, just about anything someone ...

CEO of InfluxData, a leading time series platform, board member for One Heart Worldwide and board advisor for Lucidworks and The Fabric. Everything around us is getting smarter. Sensors have become ...

It is now possible to spray motion-sensing technology onto store-bought garments, meaning any item of clothing could become a wearable sensor. “The main goal of our work is to incorporate sensing ...

Before I wrote Take Control of Apple Home Automation, I documented here in TidBITS how I set up my dehumidifier to turn on automatically whenever the humidity in our underground TV room rose to an ...

From leveling shelves to reducing eye strain, these clever tricks will make you see your device in a whole new light ...