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Home Toys
February 2004
Chris Smith |
Advanced X10 Outdoor Automated Lighting It took a while, but I figured a way to solve my needs to "smartly" control my outdoor lighting with X10 that I'd like to share. Basically, I found a way to get different modes of control for my unintelligent outdoor sensors based on time of day periods.   |
Home Toys
June 2004
Bert Centala |
Sensors Make "Sense" for Home Automation Environmental sensor products can be a welcome addition to almost any Home Automation system whether they are used to actively control HVAC devices or to simply monitor key environmental parameters. |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
Personal Notification System Keeps Tabs on the Naughty and Nice Broadcast an audio message throughout the house when a sensor is tripped. |
Food Engineering
June 4, 2007 |
Not Your Mama's Sensor More rugged, adaptable and reliable sensors are being deployed in industrial automation. And the fact they're taken for granted attests to how well they perform. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
John Keller |
Harris RF Designers Expand Into Networked Sensors Applications Harris' RF Communications Division is making a strategic expansion into networked sensors applications to augment their state-of-the-art military radios that operate securely in bands ranging from HF to satellite communications. |
Home Toys
October 2002
David Steele |
A Low Cost Home Automation Controller Have you ever wanted to automate a function in your home, but just could not justify the cost of the do-everything home automation controllers? Elk Products' Magicmodule family of programmable controllers offer a good home automation control package at a reasonable price. |
InternetNews
March 6, 2006
Clint Boulton |
From Sun Labs: Remote Sensors, on The SPOT Sun Microsystems's Lab today will introduce Project Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, a remote control gadget that creates sensor-oriented applications for wireless sensor networks and consumer electronics. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
Motorola Ushers New Era in Home Monitoring & Control Consumers can easily install and customize new solutions that work with existing broadband connections -- enabling users to remain connected and informed. Cost-effective and feature-rich, Motorola's solution monitors and controls a variety of home functions. |
PC World
February 20, 2002
Martyn Williams |
Sony Focuses on 6 Megapixels Company's new image sensor will allow consumers to create professional-quality digital images -- at a price... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008
John Keller |
Night-Vision Devices to Blend Infrared Technology, Image Intensifiers The next steps for improving thermal sensors and light intensifiers for night-vision devices will involve combining information from several kinds of sensors. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2010
John Keller |
Persistent Surveillance with UAV-Mounted Infrared Sensors is Goal of DARPA ARGUS-IR Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop staring infrared sensors able to provide long-term persistent surveillance from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Mike Allen |
Troubleshooting Antilock Braking Your ABS light is on. Now what? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
John Keller |
Multisensor Designs and Increasing Resolutions Are Major Trends in Infrared and Other Electro-Optical Sensors Infrared (IR) and other electro-optical sensors will see major technological breakthroughs in sensitivity, resolution, and overall ability to help military forces see through fog, smoke, dust, and the darkness of night. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
New Avionics introduces all-plastic ice sensor for UAVs The Model 9732-UAV ice-detecting transducer probe solves the problem of conductive metallic interference with mission-critical radio antennas on UAVs and other small aircraft. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Roy Schofield |
Using VIOM Versatile Input Output Module for Home Control Often adding timers, relays and assorted components can lead to a home automation system that is unreliable and difficult to service. The VIOM controller can provide a single-board solution giving a flexible and reliable solution. |
U.S. CPSC
February 9, 2005 |
Vernier Software & Technology Recall of Go! Temp Temperature Sensors When connected to a computer, a static discharge to the sensor can cause the sensor to draw too much current from the computer, causing the sensor to get hot. The sensor can get hot enough to cause a burn to the skin or damage objects in contact with it. |
PC Magazine
September 27, 2006
Greg Steen |
The Ultimate Doghouse Motion sensors, video cameras, and Internet access create the very best canine chateau. Is your dog worth the ultimate treatment? |
National Defense
July 2013
Valerie Insinna |
New Lightweight Infrared Systems Under Development for Army Raytheon officials said its third wave of forward-looking infrared devices, called FLIR, could be in soldiers' hands within a few years. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
Brian Betts |
Smart Sensors A single moment of human error can make a sensor and all the data it gathers worse than worthless. A new standard for analog sensors could save lives and money. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Sensing Change In Wireless Sensor technology is expected to drive wireless growth in manufacturing. |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006 |
Unattended Ground Sensors After several decades of rather obscure awareness in military operations, the use of passive sensors for remote battlefield applications is becoming more popular... Ground surveillance sensors... Future combat systems... etc. |
Home Toys
October 2003
Stefan Willmert |
The 411 on 10-31 Halloween time approaches. You love gadgets. You work hard. It's time to have some fun with the neighbors, or host your own haunted party. Halloween is the perfect time to automate your scariest ideas. Here are a few of our favorites from the Intellanet Home Automation Library. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2006 |
Remote intrusion-detection and surveillance system The system offers remote, unattended intrusion-detection and surveillance capabilities for protecting of military installations and perimeters, as well as borders and other assets associated with homeland defense. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
The Joule-Thief Harvests Vibration Energy to Power Devices in the Field Engineers at AdaptivEnergy have developed and unveiled an innovative power technology that harvests and converts energy from vibration into usable electricity. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2010
John Keller |
Pentagon seeks to build airborne infrared sensor for ballistic missile defense Leaders of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in Washington are trying to develop an airborne infrared sensor system within the next five years that is capable of tracking and intercepting enemy ballistic missiles in boost phase at or near engine burnout. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Stuart Lindsay |
Installing Residential Modulators In Homes With Digital Cable Television Most residential modulators have output ranges on the CATV band from Channels 65-135. Since the output of the modulator and the digital cable signals are on the same frequency, they cannot be combined onto the same coaxial cable without interfering with each other. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Lights, Cameras--Everywhere Astounding battery life could lead to the camera's next frontiers. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2011
Harriet Brewerton |
Sensitive sugar sensor US scientists have designed a calorimetric sensor as a point-of-care diagnostic instrument that can detect low levels of glucose compared to similar sensors. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
Raytheon Delivers Prototype Missile Warning Sensor Raytheon has built and tested an integrated infrared sensor for the Risk Reduction Alternative Infrared Satellite Systems (RR-AISS) program. |
National Defense
June 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Military Infrared Sensor That Ferrets Out Suicide Vests Offered to Local Law Enforcement A sensor used in battle zones that can detect explosives and weapons hidden under clothing at long distances is now being marketed domestically. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2004
Dave Slack |
Active microwave receiver cable can help with antenna location selection Amplifying small signals, those just at the threshold of detectability, before passing them through significant interconnection losses, can cause targets to be detected that may otherwise have been lost. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2004
Roy Berendsohn |
Stud Finders These sensors let you see inside walls. |
Technology Research News
July 16, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Sensors guard privacy The idea behind a new privacy scheme is to make sensor networks automatically reduce the accuracy of the location data they report whenever anyone is in danger of standing out. The goal is to allow people to be monitored without any one person being tracked. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2008 |
DARPA Looks to Sensors Unlimited to Develop Next-Generation Night-Vision Technology The night-vision sensor technology will be for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Damien Wong |
Six Elements of Future Home Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs provides us a framework for identifying key elements of the future home. There are five key enabling technologies to facilitate this: Home Network... Residential Gateway... Media Center... Communication Center... Security System... |
InternetNews
May 3, 2006
David Needle |
Sun's Real Time Java Challenge is ... Slot Cars? At JavaOne, Sun hopes to show why Real Time Java is easier to program in than people think. |
U.S. CPSC
April 7, 2009 |
Stanley and Solarwide Industrial Recall Stud Sensors Due to Shock Hazard The stud sensor can fail to calibrate properly and detect AC electrical wires behind the wall, posing a shock hazard to the user. |
Chemistry World
August 2006
David Walt |
Comment: Common Sense for Sensors Designing sensors for manufacturability must be performed at the outset rather than as an afterthought. Only when we develop such reproducible sensors will they become pervasive tools for improving our quality of life. |
National Defense
July 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Research Arm for Intel Agencies Looking for Nontraditional Sensors The Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity is funding long-term research for several sensors, although not necessarily the kinds that are installed in a ball underneath an unmanned aerial vehicle. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Gary Drake |
Create a wireless sensor network using Wi-Fi and web services Using low cost hardware available from retail vendors a wireless sensor network can be constructed using Wi-Fi. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
Tom Adams |
The shrinking-package approach to low-cost, robust sensor arrays One potential benefit of shrinking the sizes of microelectronics components is the potential to scatter a large number of sensors arranged as a distributed array over an area for surveillance. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2005
Ben Ames |
Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked |
Home Toys
April 2004
Paul Custodio |
Affordable Home Automation Solutions The following three examples are simple home solutions that can be implemented in nearly any home on nearly any budget, using equipment available from X10.com. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
A New Generation of RFID The third generation of active RFID is the the Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN), which is sometimes referred to as the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). |
U.S. CPSC
February 18, 2010 |
GE Infrastructure Sensing Recalls Commercial CO2 and Temperature Sensors Due to Fire Hazard The CO2 and temperature sensors can overheat, posing a fire hazard. |
This Old House
August 2007
Wilson Rothman |
Wireless Monitoring Systems Worry about whether you left home with the garage door open or an appliance turned on? Know what's going on at home with a wireless monitoring system. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006 |
Armored vehicles use Barco displays The Flexivision III electro-optical sensor video processing system will boost situational awareness systems in armored vehicles. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Michel Chevroulet |
XEMICS' Home Automation Solutions The XEMICS SoC can manage several sensors/actuators. It has an efficient CPU for signal encoding/decoding. With a minimum number of external parts complete applications can be produced for remote controlled home appliances. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Svein Anders Tunheim |
Wireless home automation systems require low-cost and low-power RF-IC solutions The CC1000 transceiver offers an outstanding solution to the most demanding home automation systems which typically require very low power consumption and very low cost. |
