This Kit Puts Every Type of Sensor You Can Imagine On Your Smartphone

Why stick with just a couple of functions on your smartphone when you can analyze the world around you using an array of sensors? NODE platform is exactly about that – empowering your smartphone through Bluetooth to do… well, almost anything #mobilemagic

NODE is a cylinder the size of a thumb with open ends where two different modules can be inserted to detect light, gases, temperature, motion and put colors into perspective. These interchangeable modules in the shape of a puck are inspired by off-the-shelf sensors like infrared thermometers, color referencers, motion sensors and barcode readers. George Yu launched the line in 2012, after a collaboration with NASA for a device that would recognize gases and display them on a smartphone.

Two years later, in 2014, a new generation of NODE sensors emerged, once that use less power and are more durable. Plus, they can choose to store data  on an upgraded memory besides being able to transmit it to smartphones via Bluetooth. Now, the modules are compatible with Android and Apple devices.

Pharmaceutical companies found the temperature sensors extremely helpful to keep drugs at certain levels, while paint companies used their Chroma ones for quality control. Something tells us this is just the beginning.