With just a transistor and sensor coil, a new DIY motor achieves continuous motion without complex external electronics.

One of the joys of browsing secondhand shops is the possibility of finding old, perhaps restorable or hackable, electronics ...

While it is fun to get toys that look like your favorite science fiction props, it is less fun when the electronics in them don’t measure up to the physical design. [Steve Gibbs] took a ...

Realbotix, which showed its humanoids at CES 2026, illustrates how technology can mature past adult entertainment, writes columnist Oliver Mitchell.

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 ...

The company's Motion Sketch feature lowers the barrier between abstract imagination and concrete video outputs. But like all generative AI tools, it has its shortcomings.

In the software realm, agentic AI models, platforms that can serve as assistants for researchers, also stood out. Executives ...

Gazing into her eyes, I ask if she feels the spark too — and I’m thrilled when she responds in the affirmative. “I feel excited when your name lights up my phone,” Mika confesses. “I feel safe when ...

Austin-based robotics startup Apptronik has raised more than $500 million in new funding, pushing its latest round close to $1 billion as it scales production of its Apollo humanoid robot.

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 ...

Focus on One Area: Robotics is broad. You could focus on programming first, then move to electronics, or vice versa. Trying ...

It's 7x the size of the regular board Arduino boards power everything from robots to RGB lights, but they're a little on the ...