Building smart lights is tricky. This platform makes it easy to test, control, & automate multiple lights, so engineers can ...

A Sheridan couple has invented a smart-home system that automates coop care for people who keep backyard chickens. Their Hen ...

If you’ve wiring up a microcontroller and need some kind of storage, it’s likely you’ll reach for an SD card. Compared to other ways of holding data on your project, SD cards are ...

A small do-it-yourself desk robot named Mo-chan has been shared with makers, demonstrating how individuals can build simple ...

Emulating older computers on microcontrollers has been a staple of retrocomputing for many years now, with most 8-bit and ...

Educational toys remain a common starting point. Construction kits, age-appropriate puzzles, and basic science sets give children something tangible to work with. These toys are usually activity-led ...

Plant-based meat was once a growth market. In its glory days in the early 2020s, plant-based substitutes were fast moving from niche, pursued by a coterie of vegetarians and vegans who missed meat, to ...

The rising cost of smart devices, subscription services, and smart home tech has made people look for affordable, flexible alternatives. That's exactly where Raspberry Pi shines. This small, ...

Elektor 2025 review: projects and articles that featured power and test equipment, embedded systems, wireless, AI, IoT, and more.

A DIY wall-mounted sound visualizer plots ambient audio as a smooth waveform on an RGB LED matrix, combining a Pico-class ...

Now, someone on the ESP32 subreddit has posted a cool project that uses retro gauges as trackers for your smart home. And while this particular project uses one as a CO2 tracker, ...

Environment Minister Miriam Dalli has visited White Rocks alongside mayors and councillors as part of the ongoing process to transform the area into one of three new national parks. “The response from ...