[Trax] was asked by a friend to build a device that could detect the presence of a car in front of his garage gate for it to open automatically. After searching the web for such a project and trying ...

The Loop Detector senses when a vehicle passes over or arrives at a certain point, sending a signal to open a gate, hold open a gate to prevent closing on vehicles, or alert if a vehicle is in a bay.

Much like George Lucas and the original Star Wars films, many of us may find that our passion projects are never quite finished, especially when new technology comes around or we just want to make ...

The go-to surveillance tech list includes things like automatic license plate readers and Stingrays (aka IMSI catchers). Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting that there’s another device ...