There’s a small, silent component hiding in almost every electronic device—from your phone and laptop to your TV and charger.

Your internet service provider (ISP) brings the internet into your home through a modem. A router then converts that signal into Wi-Fi, allowing phones, laptops, TVs and other devices to connect ...

Nearly every piece of technology you use—from smartphones to computers—relies on one revolutionary component: the transistor.

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

Take tape measures, once a palm-sized object that housed a metal ribbon that could snap back enthusiastically -- has been transformed into a palm-sized device with with a laser inside. Yup, the ...

A simple way to stabilize the operating temperature of any components that need it. Part 1 shows the purely analog approach, Part 2 adds PWM.

Pressure and pivot: This is how I think about the swing to make it easier for my students to learn the relationship between turning and managing weight, which must be synced up to hit the ball solidly ...

Dear Abby advises someone on how to handle telling their mother that their children are done doing all the work to help celebrate her annual birthday celebration. DEAR ABBY: Both my parents had ...

Mark A Gregory has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network grants program and the auDA Foundation. He is a life member of the ...

Venezuelan pro-democracy campaigner María Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Despite an unprecedented – and public – campaign for the accolade by Donald Trump, the Norway-based prize ...