These are the projects I recommend building instead of just buying something off the shelf.

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer covering Android devices, laptops, portable projectors, VR headsets, software, and AI recorders for Android Police and Talk Android. She has five years' experience ...

Home Assistant 2026.7 simplifies automation with new intuitive triggers, an activity timeline, grouped updates, and many integrations.

Project Mirage has unveiled Dune, a three-button MacBook accessory that offers context-aware shortcuts, AI-powered automation ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

You've got no excuse not to try them.

There are plenty of radios you can buy that pick up MW and SW bands if that’s what you’re into. Or, you can follow [mircemk]’s example, and whip one up yourself instead. The build employs an ESP32 as ...

Local AI inference at 32B-parameter quality, no cloud API required: University of Waterloo researchers released PAW on July 2 ...