We’d seen it done with buttons, switches, gestures, capacitive touch, and IR remote, but never like this. [electron_plumber] made an LED that can be blown out like a candle, and amazingly it … ...

Nest Labs, the home hardware maker co-founded by two ex-Apple luminaries, is today unveiling its second product, Nest Protect, a $129 smart device that hopes to do for the smoke and carbon ...

Tech News Guy Spends Three Years Making an Ultra-Realistic LED Candle That Even Puffs Smoke When Blown Out By Andrew Liszewski Published March 15, 2019 | Comments (0) 𝕏 ...

Using motion detectors and an Ardunio you can add a little extra wow to your Halloween displays this year. This article covers the circuits and the code to make that happen.

A smart smoke detector can warn you of fire in its early stages, giving you enough time to get to safety. We review five top picks to buy.

Nearly 5 million homes don't have a smoke alarm installed. And in many homes that do, there's another problem: The smoke alarms don't work.

Making the whole device work reliably was an interesting exercise in electromagnetic engineering: in the first few iterations, the detector would trigger off its own LEDs and buzzer, trapping ...