Nearly every piece of technology you use—from smartphones to computers—relies on one revolutionary component: the transistor.

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

For our 2025 Component Abuse Challenge there have been a set of entries which merely use a component for a purpose it wasn’t quite intended, and another which push misuse of a part into ...

The donor screen came from a portable Sony TV of what looks like early 90s stock, which at the time would have been a cutting ...

The UA Power Group designed a silicon carbide-based motor drive for the hybrid version of a plane commonly used as an air ...

New lab-grown neurons behave like real brain cells, and they could solve AI’s biggest flaw with shocking simplicity.

The new fabrication technique for all-2D transistors on flexible substrates offers a sustainable alternative, boosting ...

AI has empowered anyone to code, but, as with many technical matters, not actually understanding the fundamentals comes with ...

The post examines reverse-phase dimming, also known as trailing-edge dimming, commonly used in modern lighting systems.

EarthQuaker Devices' latest fuzz is a love letter to the fabled Tone Bender MkII that presents its dynamite sound in a ...

As Moore's Law slows, advanced packaging has become the critical lever driving breakthroughs in AI chip performance, according to DIGITIMES chief semiconductor analyst Tony Huang. Speaking with , ...

Scientists are building computers made from living brain cells (also called “biocomputers”). These systems use real neurons ...