If like me your plants could do with a little more TLC you may be interested in a new Raspberry Pi smart growing system created by SwitchDoc Labs. Designed to provide plenty of feedback on your plants ...

In the realm of horticulture, technology continues to play an increasingly significant role. The latest innovation to hit the market is the Enviro Grow (Pico W Aboard), a wireless self watering plant ...

DAQ devices can accurately measure thermocouples in a Raspberry Pi environment. Here’s how. Leading-edge Internet of Things (IoT) technology and advanced analytics are increasingly being used for ...

Surrounded by palm trees on Oracle’s university-like Santa Clara campus, two laboratories are bustling with activity on a summer day. “I hope it doesn’t start smoking when we plug it in,” Oracle open ...

The utility, availability, cost-effectiveness, and reliability of prefabricated video systems designed to monitor wildlife have lagged behind the unique and varied needs of many researchers. Many ...

Last summer, when the Windows Dev Center announced Windows 10 support for IoT devices, there was a lot of excitement--and skepticism--in the maker community. Anecdotally, at least, it's a Linux crowd.

As the world has become more environmentally conscious, we’ve seen an uptick in projects that monitor or control home energy use. At a minimum one of these setups involves a microcontroller and some ...

I have written a few other articles about the new Raspberry Pi (RPi) Zero 2 W. In my first, I provided an overview of its construction and cost, as well as some of its use-cases. In another, I ...