Last time, I described how to write a simple Android app and get it talking to your code on Linux. So, of course, we need an example. Since I’ve been on something of a macropad kick lately, I decided ...

George E Smith helped invent a device that changed everything from photography to astronomy: the CCD sensor. Smith, co-inventer of the CCD sensor, Nobel Prize winner, National Inventors Hall of Fame ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In today’s digital world, mobile applications have become the glue that connects people with both information and just about every kind ...

In the past, building construction methods generally didn’t worry much about air quality. There were enough gaps around windows, doors, siding, and flooring that a house could naturally “breathe” and ...

It had a heck of a run, or interstellar journey more precisely. Special plasma sensor equipment built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s and attached to NASA’s Voyager 2 ...

One of the things that we’re working on right now at MIT is a tool that will help all kinds of people to create more applications based on the new technology that we have. There’s so much coming out ...

The sensor features a 360-degree camera, carbon monoxide sensor, carbon dioxide sensor, temperature sensors, holographic indicia, and a smartphone app, that work in conjunction to ensure a child or ...

Engineers from MIT and Nanyang Technological University have teamed up with industry experts to create a game-changer in public health: a cost-effective sensor that rapidly detects lead in drinking ...

Amy T. of Rocky River, OH is the creator of the Child Car Seat Safety Alarm, a reminder system for vehicles designed to prevent children from being accidentally left behind in the back seat. A ...

Cindy L. of Weslaco, TX is the creator of the Beacon, a child occupancy detection system, preventing them from being left behind in the backseat of a vehicle. The system utilizes multiple weight ...