Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, ...

Today, if you can find a pneumatic tube system at all, it is likely at a bank drive-through. A conversation in the Hackaday ...

Since modern household appliances now have an MCU inside, they often have a diagnostic interface and — sometimes — more. Case ...

Just about every “getting started with microcontrollers” kit, Arduino or otherwise, includes an ultrasonic distance sensor ...

We make no claims to be an expert on anything, but we do know that rule number one of working with big, expensive, mission-critical equipment is: Don’t break the big, expensive, ...

If you are a nerdy kid today, you have your choice of wondrous gadgets and time wasters. When we were nerdy kids, our options were somewhat limited: there was ham radio, or you could blow things ...