Four engineers from Spark have pooled their skills and resources to create a new open source smart thermostat based on Arduino using $70 of components.

Quantum sensors can be used in medical technologies, navigation systems, and more, but they're too expensive for most people.

With over 20 unique sensor types, and the ability to be used with several different development platforms, Tarts wireless sensors allow for endless sensing, monitoring and control possibilities.

Low-cost wireless sensor networks open new horizons for the Internet of things Date: June 6, 2011 Source: Eureka Summary: The ESNA project enables high effective networking based on cheap wireless ...

The creator of the Arduino RF Pro Mini open source development board Etienne, explains a little more about the inspiration behind the project. “ I’ve loved Arduino for years.

So just like with open source software, people can and do make derivatives of Arduino boards or entirely new products powered by Arduino technology. Why is openness important in hardware?

Well, here is an open-source, Arduino-based light meter that allows you to measure the amount of light with the help of a digital ambient light sensor, the BH1750FVI, from ROHM. Light Sensor Module ...

Interestingly, open source has come to mean that the doors from idea to prototype to production are also now flung wide open. The story of Arduino is a great example. The Rise of the Makers ...

Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS* positioning solutions, announces today an important addition to the open-source resources for their GPS/GNSS module receivers: mosaic TM wireless or simply ...