Often, for certain low voltage lighting systems; you would like to turn off the lights during the bright light of the day. Most commercial day/night switches are designed for AC lighting. This hobby ...

On my mountain bike I always used to have one of those well-known flashing LED lights from the high street shop. These often gave me trouble with flat batteries and lights that fell off. As an ...

Discover how to build a simple wireless power transfer system at home using readily available components like enameled copper ...

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 ...

Circuits are beautiful in their own way, and a circuit sculpture takes that abstract beauty and makes it into a purposeful art form. Can you use the wires of the circuits themselves as the structure ...

Earlier this month, I spoke with Sheila Kennedy, principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture, the Boston firm that established the Portable Light Project, about how a dedicated group of designers, ...

Inspired by printed circuit boards, the building block of all electronics, a Dutch designer has created an LED-based light installation that draws upon the familiar etching pattern inside most devices ...

The 21st century workplace is a marvel to behold. We’ve got snacks, bike rooms, recycling, Slack channels, shared Google Docs, unflattering overhead lights, and Wi-Fi. Technology makes it easy to ...

Accurate tower light monitoring is a serious matter, and great care can be taken to install a thorough and automatic monitoring system. Designing a system to provide a single-lamp failure can quickly ...