These light up paper circuit cards were much easier to make than I expected and only need a few inexpensive materials.

Circuits are one of the most daunting and overwhelming pieces of Factorio. It's easy to ignore them or try to build a factory without using them, but circuits are so valuable in the grand scheme of ...

Any robot that moves needs actuators—motors that move parts of the robot around. While robot actuators have been around since the dawn of machines, they have some issues. For one, it is very difficult ...

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THE candle. It is a simple technology, and a good one. The electronic version is also simple to make, and is a great introduction to the concept of circuits – the cornerstone of many maker projects ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Simple projects like this winking rabbit are a great way to start ...

Double-tapped circuit breakers are one of the most common electrical defects that home inspectors find. Everyone seems to sign off on this defect as a 'big deal', but I'm here to tell you it's not. It ...

When you first make your sub-fief in Dune: Awakening and begin to create refineries, fabricators, and storage containers, you may notice that each of these pieces of technology is equipped with a ...

image: These are two photos of flexible circuits created using carbon nanotubes in research at Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The researchers have overcome a ...

With the launch of the next big No Man’s Sky update, appropriately titled the NEXT update, you might be looking to jump into this sci-fi exploration game in search of new things to do. If you’re like ...

Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications ...