Sometimes, you stumble upon an invention that makes you wonder, "How did they even think of this back then?" Some ideas were way ahead of their time, only to be forgotten or overshadowed by newer ...

Ceramic resonators offer an attractive alternative to quartz crystals for stabilizing oscillation frequencies in many ...

Subscription services are everywhere these days, and they only seem to get more expensive. Luckily, with a Raspberry Pi, you ...

A soft patch on the arm could soon let you steer robots with simple hand movements, even while your whole body is in motion.

In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the characters may be demigods, but touching a phone can be extremely dangerous for them.

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As a membership-driven warehouse giant, Costco brings consumer electronics to the market at competitive prices. What's worth ...

University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, ...

The small black cylinder near the end of many power and data cables is not a decorative lump of plastic, it is a deliberate ...

You stick it right on the garage door panel, and it figures out the door's position based on the tilt angle. When you open either of my overhead doors, the ceiling lights kick on automatically. When ...

Iron-on patches can repair clothing or add personal flair to backpacks and hats. And now they could power wearable tech, too. Researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have combined ...