We’ve all built projects that are a rats’ nest of wiring and feature creep, but the best projects in the end are usually those that use a simple solution to elegantly solve a problem.

Most of us know that a neon bulb requires a significant voltage to strike, in the region of 100 volts. There are plenty of circuits to make that voltage from a lower supply, should you wish to ...

A basic Arduino board adds creativity, flexibility, and interactivity to your home lab. It costs little but opens countless ...

Great Cow BASIC (abbreviated as GCB or GCBasic) is an open source compiler that allows you to program PIC (Microchip) and AVR (Atmel/Microchip, including the ATMega328P in the Arduino Uno) ...

Hybrid relays are changing the way we think about switching inside electronic circuits. By combining the fast response of solid-state components with the reliability of mechanical contacts, these ...

Texas voters will face 17 proposed constitutional amendments on their ballots next Tuesday, including Proposition 15, a shortly-worded and somewhat vague proposal that affirms that "parents are the ...

The Army has solved its drone problem. What you do is: you shoot them with a tank. Problem solved, right? Not quite, but that describes some of the reaction after the service released its latest ...

The Army's latest field manual for tank operations is loaded with new tactics and procedures for drone warfare. But the best tactic, the manual says, is to shoot them with a tank. The Army has solved ...

Impulse relay is a viable alternative for lighting control from multiple locations. In modernistic houses and apartments, lighting schemes to control lights from two or more locations are becoming ...

What if you’ve already seen fragments of the future - without realizing it? In this thought experiment grounded in Einstein’s relativity, we unpack how a simple diagram changes our entire ...