We’ve posted our How-To for the week over at Engadget. Do you have an old modem lying around? Have you been dying to record some of your phone conversations for those podcasts or homebrewed movies or ...

Experimenting with batteries, bulbs, buzzers, switches and other electrical components is a great way to learn about circuits and start to think about how to incorporate sounds into your Build a ...

This is a good project - building a whistle-activated light switch. Hold a note to turn it on, and whistle again to turn it off! Check out the website of Luke Allen, a US Navy officer, where he ...

The advent of microcontroller modules like the Arduino opened up ability to build and program interactive objects to a whole generation of makers. Today these modules make it simple to control ...

I t doesn’t take long to replace an ordinary light switch with a full-feature dimmer light switch. But while you’re at it, to make your home ...