A knob can make a surprisingly versatile interface, particularly if it’s the SmartKnob, which builds a knob around a BLDC ...

The concept of building your own hydroelectric generator seems simple at face value: use gravity to impart as much force as ...

What happens when you combine an Arduino-based microcontroller with a palm-sized aluminum box and clicky buttons? A fidget ...

These light up paper circuit cards were much easier to make than I expected and only need a few inexpensive materials. They're a great way to learn about circuits and electricity. You can make a ...

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty? In recent years, scientists have proposed a few contenders for a sixth taste that ...

This video documents the creator's first experience with knifemaking using basic tools, specifically a rotary tool to cut out the knife shape. Without access to a torch for heat treating, the creator ...

Time moves differently when you’re stuck. Days bleed into weeks, months disappear like smoke, and you look up one day, wondering where it all went. I learned that feeling isn’t actually about time. It ...

Most people assume their assets would automatically go to the right person. In reality, banks, insurers, and investment platforms follow rigid rules. A nominee is not the heir. A joint account holder ...

At West Virginia University’s STEAM Technical Assistance Center, we’ve watched students light up, literally and figuratively, when they realize they can design something that matters. Our Bright Ideas ...

When Basic Books Group president and publisher Lara Heimert told her mom that she was going to work at the Hachette division's flagship imprint, back in 2005, she was elated. "My mother said, Oh, they ...

Cave Creek, Ariz., is hosting the Turquoise Circuit Finals over Halloween weekend, October 31 - November 1. With qualifying rodeos spanning the Grand Canyon state, as well as parts of New Mexico, ...

Whether you are making a bunch of fabulous Minecraft farms or trying to automate your Minecraft house, you will end up creating many Redstone circuits. And unless you want to do all the work manually, ...