Last week, I waxed rhapsodic about why we wrench (the joy of solving problems, making choices, doing things our own way, ...

About a month ago, I wrote a piece that generated a lot of interest titled “Why retrofitting electric air conditioning is scarcely a slam-dunk.” To recap: I wanted to cool off my ’69 Lotus Elan +2, ...

A gasoline car uses a fuel pump and gasoline pushed in. You plug the car in and electricity flows into the battery. So ...

Back in 1966, a suitable toy for a geeky kid was a radio kit. You could find simple crystal radio sets or some more advanced ones. But some lucky kids got the Philips Electronic Engineer EE8 Kit ...

The DC series motor has some desirable properties, but it can become quite dangerous to use if proper safety precautions are ...

Hybrid relays combine a mechanical switch with a solid-state switch, and they are set up in parallel to control a single load.