Voice commands are well and good, but today Amazon managed to convince me that my life is missing a smart home remote.

It is sometimes necessary for an RC (remote control) model to contain some kind of switching functionality. Some things that come to mind are lights on a model boat, or the folding away of the ...

We have a decorator lamp in our TV room. It is colorful and rests atop a tall floor speaker in a corner between the entertainment center and the wall. The lamp is unusual and, therefore, a ...

We have a decorator lamp in our TV room. It's a hand-painted figurine of a 16th-century acrobat. It is colorful and rests atop a tall floor speaker in a corner between the entertainment center and the ...

As the only electronics engineer in my family and circle of friends, it is sometimes not possible to evade an appeal for help. This time the request came from a friendly elderly lady in a retirement ...

Unmentioned during its big fall hardware event, Amazon’s new remote doubles as a dimmer switch and can trigger Alexa routines ...

It is a manufacturer of broadband router and wireless LAN equipmentTP-Link, Direct-insertion type smart plug corresponding to Wi-Fi "HS 105"Has appeared. I was able to switch the power supply via ...

We have a decorator lamp in our TV room. It is colorful and rests atop a tall floor speaker in a corner between the entertainment center and the wall. The lamp is unusual and, therefore, a ...

DSLRs and higher-end cameras almost always have a port for a remote switch that makes it easy to automatically capture shots at specific times. Even if yours doesn't, this guide from DIYHacksandHowTos ...