DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have lived in a country home for the past 25 years. When we moved here, our only neighbors were wild turkeys, deer and raccoons. Behind our house were 20 acres of woods, which ...

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

Abstract: This study presents a self-powered wireless temperature sensor prototype that was powered by the thermoelectric generator (TEG) and applied in the power distribution cabinet for abnormal ...

An Amtrak Midwest Siemens Charger SC44 locomotive leads a southbound Amtrak Hiawatha through Deerfield, Ill., on Oct. 31, 2024. A sensor problem on the locomotive is creating operating issues. David ...

Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Advanced Equipment Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China State Key Laboratory of Fluid ...

With summer rolling in again, the grills are out in full force. We have already seen Smeg, Ninja, Masterbuilt, and Weber drop their respective models and witnessed several Kickstarter campaigns try ...

Temperature sensors are an important yet often overlooked part of a HomeKit setup. Even working as a passive tracking device, I want to add them to every room to understand more about what’s happening ...

The Pixel 7a is one of the best budget-friendly phones you can get, especially if you want fantastic cameras. Google’s “a” series continues to get better with every generation, and the Pixel 7a ...