Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors quietly decide how much time you have to escape a fire, yet the tiny date code that tells you whether they still work is easy to miss. That code is usually ...

A firefighter-built smoke detector uses silent strobe lights to help firefighters locate and rescue pets during house fires.

Smoke detectors have a reputation for choosing the quietest part of the night to make themselves heard, and that familiar chirp has startled countless people out of deep sleep. At first, it feels ...

Here’s something fun from [Chad Kapper] over on HackMakeMod: Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called due to the board’s ...

The first time most people hear the quiet chirp of a smoke detector in the dead of winter, it feels like a minor nuisance. It’s easy to press a finger to the base, silence the sound and carry on. But ...

The IM19 is used in conjunction with the UM980 GNSS receiver to provide tilt-compensated Lat/Lon/Alt readings with 1cm accuracy up to 30° tilt angle, and 2cm accuracy up to 60°. Various bits of the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We're tracking another storm Sunday that will bring rain and accumulating snow to the region. TODAY: An area of low pressure moves up along the coast. The track has shifted more ...

Abstract: A fire alarm system is mandatory for all nuclear and industrial establishments to protect the safety of the public, environment, and plant personnel from a plant fire and its potential ...

Arduino library for the ENS16x digital four channel MOX gas sensors with I2C/SPI interface from ScioSense. ENS16x is a range of digital multi-gas metal oxide (MOX) sensors, specifically designed for ...

Abstract: Vehicle over-speed detection and accident-avoidance system is an Internet of Things (IoT) based system which collects data via sensors such as ultrasonic sensors and alerts the driver. The ...