robotics
Aliensense NXS Sends mikroBUS Sensors Down One Robot Cable
Aliensense's NXS hub pushes power, video, and sensor data over a single cable up to 40m, linking mikroBUS Clicks and MIPI cameras to your…
microcontrollers
SensWear Puts an Open Source Wearable Stack on the nRF54L15
SensWear bundles an nRF54L15 board, swappable PPG, temperature and touch sensor modules, Zephyr firmware and open SDKs to fast-track wearable prototypes.
esp32 & esp8266
Build a Buzzing Hazard-Alert Wearable With an ESP32 and Gas Sensor
NC State's solar-powered patch buzzes when it senses toxic gas. Here's how to build a simpler ESP32 hazard-alert wearable this weekend.
news & releases
A NIR Wearable Patch That Watches the Brain Clean Itself
Georgia Tech's sub-centimeter forehead patch uses near-infrared light and a 110 mAh battery to track the brain's nightly glymphatic cleanup at home.
esp32 & esp8266
Open RC Spotter: An ESP32 Data Logger for RC Car Racing
Open RC Spotter is an open-source ESP32 data logger that records GPS, IMU, throttle, and temperature from your RC car for pro-level lap analysis.
esp32 & esp8266
An ESP32 and Eight ToF Sensors Give This Antique Lamp a Sixth Sense
A brass heirloom lamp gets eight ToF sensors, an ESP32, and a Raspberry Pi so it glows and sings when you walk near it.
diy projects
Penn State’s Paint-On Electronic Tattoos Read ECG, EEG and EMG
Penn State's brush-on conductive ink turns bare skin into a washable electrode that records ECG, EEG and EMG, and even drove a robotic hand.
diy projects
Thread-Based Circuits Sew Health Monitoring Into Your Clothes
Tufts researchers built full analog circuits on a single gold-coated thread that senses breathing and blinking. Here is how to try sewable electronics yourself.
raspberry pi
QuadRF Turns a Raspberry Pi 5 Into a Wi-Fi-Seeing RF Camera
QuadRF is an open source phased-array kit that turns a Raspberry Pi 5 into a real-time RF camera, mapping Wi-Fi and wireless transmitters in…
robotics
Magnetic FMG Sensors and AI Give Prosthetic Hands Precise Control
Florida Atlantic University swapped noisy EMG for magnetic force myography sensors and a per-user AI model to give prosthetic hands far steadier control.
raspberry pi
ATLAS: A Real-Life Tricorder Built on the Raspberry Pi RP2350
Meet ATLAS, a rugged handheld tricorder running on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 that reads radiation, CO2, and weather, then tells you in plain English…
diy projects
Weekend Build: A Pocket GPS Compass on the Feather RP2350
Spend a weekend building a pocket GPS compass: a Feather RP2350, PA1010D GPS, and a 9-DoF IMU draw a live, tilt-aware heading on a…