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Fingertip Sized Radar Chip Developed for Mini-Drones

Fingertip Sized Radar Chip Developed for Mini-Drones

A new chip designed at NTU in Singapore could make radar systems significantly smaller.


News Mar 16, 2016 by Murray Slovick
Build a Solar Battery Charger For Ni-MH Batteries

Build a Solar Battery Charger For Ni-MH Batteries

Build a simple solar powered battery charger for Ni-MH batteries.


Projects Mar 16, 2016 by Jacob Smith
Teardown Tuesday: Spektrum DX4C RC Car Transmitter

Teardown Tuesday: Spektrum DX4C RC Car Transmitter

In this week's teardown Tuesday we are going to take a look inside an RC car transmitter.


News Mar 15, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Teardown Tuesday: Dewalt USB Power Supply

Teardown Tuesday: Dewalt USB Power Supply

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at what makes a Dewalt USB power supply work.


News Mar 08, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Hoverboards: How Do They Work?

Hoverboards: How Do They Work?

With all this news about hoverboards, we decided to see what the fuss is about.


News Mar 04, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
The Fatal Error 53 and Apple’s Delayed Response

The Fatal Error 53 and Apple’s Delayed Response

Error 53 bricked iPhones that had been tampered with, but now Apple is offering a solution.


News Mar 01, 2016 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Teardown Tuesday: Kwikset SmartCode Lock

Teardown Tuesday: Kwikset SmartCode Lock

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will take a look at the Kwikset SmartCode Lock.


News Mar 01, 2016 by Alex Udanis
How Does the CAT S60 Compare to the Current Smartphone Market?

How Does the CAT S60 Compare to the Current Smartphone Market?

CAT's S60 turned heads at MWC 2016 when they unveiled the S60, a waterproof phone with thermal imaging capability, but is it a practical phone for consumers?


News Feb 28, 2016 by Christoph Siegmund
Mobile Chipsets Parade at MWC 2016

Mobile Chipsets Parade at MWC 2016

Get a peek at the mobile technology on display at Mobile World Congress 2016.


News Feb 24, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Create Your Own Battery Backup Power Supplies

Create Your Own Battery Backup Power Supplies

In this project, Jason Poel Smith builds a battery backup system that you can use for small electronics to make sure that they never lose power.


Will Orion Make Virtual Reality Truly Immersive?

Will Orion Make Virtual Reality Truly Immersive?

While most of the virtual reality systems coming out use traditional controllers, Leap Motion's Orion allows people to use their hands.


News Feb 18, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Will Flexiramics Change Circuit Boards Forever?

Will Flexiramics Change Circuit Boards Forever?

The Dutch startup Eurekite has made a flexible ceramic called Flexiramamics, find out about what it can do.


News Feb 13, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Engineer Spotlight: Jordan Bartee on the Ming Micro 8-Bit Synthesizer and Retro-Style Games

Engineer Spotlight: Jordan Bartee on the Ming Micro 8-Bit Synthesizer and Retro-Style Games

An interview with Jordan Bartee, the designer of the Ming Micro portable 8-bit video synthesizer.


News Feb 10, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
A Super Bowl Worthy of Silicon Valley

A Super Bowl Worthy of Silicon Valley

This year's Super Bowl is the most technologically advanced. Find out how Levi's Stadium is setting a new standard for how we experience football.


News Feb 06, 2016 by Murray Slovick
Controlling a Toaster Oven with a PICAXE - Part 2

Controlling a Toaster Oven with a PICAXE - Part 2

Soldering surface mount components by hand can be done, but reflow soldering in an oven is much quicker and produces more consistent results. Building a microprocessor controlled reflow oven is well within the abilities and budget of many hobbyists.


An Overview of Fitness Technology: Heart Rate Monitors

An Overview of Fitness Technology: Heart Rate Monitors

Wearable fitness technology has come a long way since the basic pedometers of yesteryear.


News Feb 02, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Controlling a Toaster Oven with a PICAXE - Part 1

Controlling a Toaster Oven with a PICAXE - Part 1

A toaster oven can do more than just make toast; guided by a PICAXE microcontroller, it can make a sweet reflow soldering station.


STMicro Exits TV Decoder Chips in the Midst of Set-Top Box Disruption

STMicro Exits TV Decoder Chips in the Midst of Set-Top Box Disruption

Is this the end of digital set-top boxes? All signs point to yes.


News Jan 28, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
C-BISCUIT: A Robotics Platform for the Hacker and Hobbyist

C-BISCUIT: A Robotics Platform for the Hacker and Hobbyist

This is the beginning of a multi-part, multi-author series on how to build your own robotics platform called C-BISCUIT, an acronym for Collaborative Bot with Integrated System Core, Unmanned Interactivity, and Telemetry -- based on the Wandboard Quad computer.


Projects Jan 25, 2016 by Patrick Lloyd
Amazon’s Dash Button Exemplifies IoT Laziness

Amazon’s Dash Button Exemplifies IoT Laziness

The Amazon Dash button has launched. Cue the eye rolling.


News Jan 22, 2016 by Jennifer A. Diffley