The TV-B-Gone is a well known piece of kit in hacker circles: just point it at a noisy TV in a public space, hit the button, and one of the hundreds of IR remote codes for “Power Off” that it blinks ...

If you’ve ever needed a short-range remote control for a project, [firestorm] is here to help you out. He put up a great tutorial on using an IR remote to do just about anything with everyone’s ...

Arduino is the ultimate DIY electronics platform and can be tons of fun for the aspiring engineer. If you want to learn the ins-and-outs of Arduino programming, check out this complete starter kit ...

If you’re unfamiliar with electronics-building kits, Arduino is part hardware, part software. It is an open-source platform that you can use to learn about coding and electrical components, or you can ...