You can salvage some nice motors out of optical drives but they can be tricky to control. That’s because brushless DC motors require carefully timed signals used in a process called Electronic Speed ...

[Reza’s] methodical investigation of this remote controlled outlet let him patch in with an Arduino using a 433 MHz transmitter. This is a single-device unit, but the techniques used here should allow ...

Well, Hello There! (I'm sorry, I couldn’t help myself). In my previous column on this topic, I told you how you can Tweet your way into winning one of our uber-cool collectible edition wireless mesh ...