[William Osman] set out to prove that unlike expensive commercial data logging rigs, he could get the same results for under twenty bucks. He wanted to build a wireless three-axis accelerometer for a ...

An earlier design introduced a touch solid-state AC switch. The new version advances this concept with a sophisticated human ...

This article will help you build a simple Arduino-based DCC system. Growing up in the 1980s I was living the dream. I had an HO layout on a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood in my parents’ basement in Reading, ...

No one likes the idea of biting into a cookie (or other food item) and finding a piece of glass, wood or plastic inside. An experimental new system is designed to keep that from happening, utilizing ...

Science Applications International Corporation’s (SAIC) Space, Air and Information Group today announced a contract award to support the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) in the ...

Many cars are now equipped with pedestrian-detecting radar systems, but those systems can still be blocked by obstacles such as buildings or other vehicles. A new setup is intended to get around that ...