[rue_mohr] is building a hexapod robot, and that meant he needed to tin a whole bunch of ribbon cables with solder. Using a soldering iron for this task would take far too long, so he built a homebrew ...

It’s been a while since we’ve had a fresh How-To on the Hack-A-Day, and frankly we’ve missed them. To get things rolling, [Eliot] and I wanted to build a good knowledge base to help you hack your own ...

smart light bulb ' products that are equipped with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi functions and that can be turned on/off and changed colors from a smartphone etc. is increasing. Engineer Emil Çeliches shows how ...

Push button LED puck lights are pretty boring on their own. Take it apart and solder in your own colorful LED bulbs for a little holiday fun, or a UV bulb for a DIY blacklight. Polarity matters, so ...

Q. Light bulbs in my home are burning out more quickly than ever. After a few days a new bulb will not work. Are new light bulbs not high quality any longer? When I go to buy new bulbs, it's very ...

LEDs have outmatched incandescent bulbs in the aspect of operational time span. But one of the many reasons why some LED applications have short useful life is due to mishandling, such as improper ...

Light bulbs in my home are burning out more quickly than ever. After a few days a new bulb will not work. Are new light bulbs not high quality any longer? When I go to buy new bulbs, it’s very ...