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"Where did my pet go?" If you have a pet, you've probably asked this question at least once. One moment they're playing ...

Engineering used to move in seasons, with requirements one quarter, schematics the next and boards and firmware last. Today, ...

Watching fish glide silently around a tank is one of the most relaxing hobbies a person can pick up, but keeping an actual aquarium alive comes with a long list of chores. Regular tank cleanings, ...

Engineers have developed robotic fish that mimic real aquatic life, offering an aquarium experience without the upkeep. These miniature submarines, powered by Arduino and guided by an overhead camera ...

Also: I built my own Wi-Fi router with a Raspberry Pi for Starlink and solar control - here's how. A Pi 5 can use as much as 12 W of power (and that's before you hook up various H ...

Pi Network lets tens of millions of people “mine” crypto by tapping a button on their phone once a day, with no hardware, no electricity bill, and no drained battery. That sounds too easy to be real ...

The ESP32 keeps finding new jobs in my house.

Among the ways Formula 1 has changed in the 21st century has been its adoption of driver-in-the-loop simulators. It all started in the early 2000s, probably at McLaren, maybe at Toyota or Ferrari; F1 ...

Connecting the dots: Many PC games support the PlayStation 5 controller's adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, but these almost always require a wired connection. A new custom firmware addresses ...

This is a port of Arduino to the RP2040 (Raspberry Pi Pico processor) and RP2350 (Raspberry Pi Pico 2 processor). It uses the bare Raspberry Pi Pico SDK and a custom GCC 14.3/Newlib 4.5 toolchain and ...