Electronic Design opens its archives to bring you Ideas for Design. These short articles present useful circuits and designs and have been very popular over the years. Actually, IFD’s first showed up ...

Kickstarter is a way to acquire cash for a project but it has been one of the biggest things in turning ideas into consumer products that the electronics industry has seen in a very long time. Three ...

In my previous blog post I reviewed a book about using a microcontroller to operate two motors in a stripped-down model car. Continuing with the theme of teaching young people about robotics, ...

More and more great electronic equipment with new capabilities goes on the market every day and a lot of it could make a smart gift for your dad on Father’s Day. Here are just a few ideas you might ...

Tyler Hayes is a product reviewer for Newsweek. He has contributed extensively to WIRED, The New York Times, Fast Company, and others since 2013. He is obsessed with both music and technology, ...

You've given to charity, shared Christmas cheer with your friends, and hand-crafted delicate, deeply meaningful gifts for your loved ones. Now it's time for highly impractical, largely unnecessary, ...