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Teacher uses cheap laser and solar panel to transmit wireless sound
By Jowi Morales published
YouTube creator and high school teacher ChemTeacherPhil demonstrated how to use light to transmit sound wirelessly to a solar panel and utilize it to play music.

Engineer creates ‘blazingly fast’ web server powered by a disposable vape
By Mark Tyson published
Engineer and origami artist Bogdan Ionescu has created a web server that runs on a disposable vape.

Wi-Fi signals used to monitor heart rate accurately
By Jowi Morales last updated
Can this be turned into a heartbeat sensor à la 'Call of Duty?'

Hardcore fan celebrates Alien: Earth by building a fully-working M314 Motion Tracker replica
By Mark Tyson published
Electronics hobbyist Rob Smith has built a ‘fully working M314 Motion Tracker’.

Elon Musk's Optimus boast in doubt as humanoid robot production plans halted
By Mark Tyson published
China-tech industry sources allege that 'unresolved hardware challenges,' will mean Optimus design changes.

Engineer creates ad-block for the real world with augmented reality glasses
By Sunny Grimm published
A software engineer on X has built an augmented reality app for Snap's Spectacles, using Google's Gemini AI to identify advertisements and brands in the real world.

Arduino starts selling a new Plug and Make kit for electronics beginners
By Jeff Butts published
Arduino has released an easy-to-use kit that helps you build 7 different projects to give budding electronics makers another option to start learning the craft.

Enthusiast shows how to build 16MB 30-pin SIMMs to upgrade your vintage 386DX PC
By Jeff Butts published
If you have a 386DX PC you'd like to really max out the memory on, this project shows how to make your own 16MB 30-pin memory modules for it.
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