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New Tech Tuesdays: Portenta-Based Agriculture and Turf Management

On January 21, 2025 in All, Automation, Computing, General, New Tech Tuesdays by Rudy Ramos

The changing climate is driving demand for robust monitoring solutions. The Arduino Portenta Environmental Monitoring Bundle offers an adaptable solution for tracking critical environmental variables such as moisture, temperature, and air quality in a user-friendly, open-source ecosystem.

Tagged With: arduino portenta, environmental monitoring, moisture sensors, temperature sensors

New Tech Tuesdays: Ambient Power: Energy-Harvesting Robots

On November 14, 2023 in All, Automation, Computing, Energy Harvesting, General, IoT, Maker, Medical, New Tech Tuesdays, Open Source, Power by Rudy Ramos

In the quest for sustainability and efficiency, energy-harvesting robots stand out as innovative wonders. With their ability to extract power from the environment, these robots present a novel approach to autonomous operations, challenging age-old norms of charging and battery replacement.

Tagged With: ambient energy, autonomous robots, conversion efficiency, energy harvesting, energy storage, environmental monitoring, robotic operations, self-power, sustainable automation, sustainable technology

New Tech Tuesdays: Environmental-Monitoring Sensors Help Us Achieve Sustainability

On July 12, 2022 in All, General, IoT, Medical, New Tech Tuesdays, Sensors by Tommy Cummings

In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll look at sensors from Sensirion, Amphenol, and TDK for environmental-monitoring design.

Tagged With: amphenol, environmental monitoring, sensirion, sensors thermometrics t9501 ip67 modbus, sgp41 cmosens/moxsens, tdk

Why Monitor CO2 Levels in Classrooms?

On August 13, 2021 in All, General, Sensors by Jeffrey Tucker

Do you ever think about the indoor air quality (IAQ) in school buildings? In the following, we explore why CO2 level is a good indicator of IAQ and how good IAQ contributes to school success.

Tagged With: amphenol, ashrae 62.1, ashrae standard 100, ashrae standard 111, ashrae standard 62.2, california assembly bill 841, california title 24, classrooms, co2, co2 levels, covid monitoring, dcv, environmental monitoring, epa, fresh air, iaq, ndir, outside air, telaire, ventilation

Why Nanotechnology Improves Sensors

On October 16, 2019 in All, Automation, IoT, Sensors by Liam Critchley

There is always a need to increase the capabilities of sensors. One effective way to do this is by employing nanomaterials as the ‘sensing surface’ or ‘sensing component’. Learn how the many beneficial surface, electronic, and structural properties of nanomaterials can make sensors more accurate.

Tagged With: Environmental Monitoring, Graphene, Industry 4.0, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Process Chemistry, Process Engineering, Remote Sensing, Semiconductors, Sensors

Harnessing Energy with Nanogenerators

On December 13, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, IoT, Power, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Different nanogenerators can generate enough electricity to power a small device through kinetic movements within the device, or by harvesting thermal energy. Even though the amount of electricity generated is small, it is enough for many small remote monitoring devices.

Tagged With: Energy, Energy Harvesting, Environmental Monitoring, Health Monitoring, IoT, Nanogenerators, Nanomaterials, Nanowires, Piezoelectric Effect, Piezoelectric Materials, Pyroelectric, Remote Monitoring, Thin Films, Triboelectric

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