Students in Cornell's Space Systems Design Studio (SSDS) have released mission results for two unique light-sail experiments. These sails are slightly larger than a pizza box and harness momentum from ...

After completing the Mega Drive version of the arcade cabinet, I decided to make another one, a "child" unit to go with it. The subject this time is the Mega Drive Mini.The basic frame is repurposed ...

Ever since the prices of Raspberry Pi single-board computers hit deranged levels, I’ve found myself gravitating towards the ESP32 lineup for my DIY smart home gadgets. But as much as I hate to admit ...

Last time, we learned about the anode and cathode of an LED, how to distinguish their orientation, and the role of a resistor ...

One of the best aspects of ESP32 boards (and by extension, sensors) is their dirt-cheap pricing, and that’s pretty much why I ...

Meet PitchFly, WIRED’s latest editorial recruit. He has 165,112 neurons, and they’re all trained to generate story ideas. A sampling of his early output: “The Hidden Weather Problem Inside ...

Build your own ESP32 and ESP8266 projects this weekend. We detail 10 practical IoT builds, including a Wi-Fi weather station using a DHT22.

At the heart of the system is a flywheel launcher that fires a replica object out of the second portal as soon as the first ...

Intriguing designs for any room.

A whimsical fairy/fantasy wall lantern build featuring individually addressable LEDs and realistic fire-effect code running ...

The flip-flop, aka latch, can also be understood as Bistable Multivibrator as two stable states. Generally, these latch ...

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has selected four finalist private-sector fusion projects for its program aimed at supporting fusion power generation demonstration in the 2030s.