sensors
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Turn Your Valuables Into A Mesh Network So You Never Lose Them
Losing things is a pain, partly because you spend so much time looking for them. A new technology called Pixie is trying to solve that problem, and even make tracking down your misplaced valuables kinda fun, by turning them into a connected network you can search with an augmented reality interface.
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This Cheap Sensor Will Tell Your Phone When Food Goes Bad
Some MIT eggheads invented a very impressive and very inexpensive sensor that stands to protect you against anything from a bomb to a bad pack of beef. And it’s so simple. The new sensor is just a modified near field communication (NFC) chip that can detect the presence of specific gases with the help of…
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Zurich Installed 4500 Street Sensors To Count Every Car In The City
Congestion pricing — the implementation of high tolls to keep cars out of congested downtown areas — is one of the most effective ways to reduce traffic and emissions. Zurich’s plan goes above and beyond that, using a network of sensors to track the number of cars that enter its downtown and prevent more cars…
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Human-Sensing Fan Only Blows Where There Be People
Nothing puts a strain on your local power grid like a hot, humid summer day. In many cities rolling blackouts are needed to cope with the strain, so it makes sense that companies would start developing smarter cooling devices. Quirky’s Aros air conditioner is leading the charge, but this smarter oscillating fan is pretty clever…