Arduino is a microcontroller designed for real-time hardware control with very low power use. Raspberry Pi is a full computer that runs operating systems and handles complex tasks. Arduino excels at ...

Could a cheap soil sensor help me rescue the orchid on my kitchen table that's been struggling for weeks? Common capacitive soil moisture sensors rely on the electrical properties of the materials ...

This video shows how to build a motion sensor street light in Minecraft using Redstone mechanics. The tutorial explains how player movement can be detected to automatically turn lights on and off, ...

Fidget toys are everywhere these days. A particularly popular type simply puts some keyboard switches on a plate to provide a certain type of clicky satisfaction. [wjddnjsdnd] took that concept a ...

Reverse polarity is one of the most common causes of circuit failure, from hobby projects to industrial systems. The good ...

Simulator-style video games are designed to scale in complexity, allowing players to engage at anything from a casual level ...

Accurate measurement of soil NO₃⁻-N is essential for precision fertilization and stable crop yields. Real-time monitoring of ...

When 12-year-old Matteo Mucchetti mapped out an amusement-style attraction that he wanted to create in his family’s basement and then showed it to his older brother Nico, the high-school sophomore was ...

What happens when students stop building for grades and start building like engineers? This competition tested more than ideas.

A new smart platform invented by Purdue University researchers to wirelessly monitor subsoil health could change the landscape of agricultural sensing systems. The invention addresses a critical need ...

Scientists have traditionally studied how the brain controls movement by asking patients to perform structured tasks while connected to multiple sensors in a lab. While these studies have provided ...

Students at Spelman College have developed an artificial intelligence system that allows anyone to communicate verbally with ...