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| What do you do when you go biking and run out of energy after a few hours of activity? You take a slug of that sports drink you carried with...

| This Precise Nixie Clock from Elektor synced by GPS displays the time on six nixie tubes and comes with a very finely laser engraved transpa...

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| Browsing Elektor Labs from old to new I came across an interesting project from 2013 to transform a remote controlled cable car into a Wi-Fi...

| There’s no doubt a 3D printer is a useful tool for electronics engineers. You could for example use it to print a missing lid for some housi...

| Cheap ISM-band radio modules are great for making simple remote-controller toys. When a greater degree  of control is needed, for instance w...

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| Programming a traffic light controller on a microcontroller is not too complicated, and an easy job for Arduino. But, wait a minute… it can...

| During a visit from some friends recently I was trying to think of some interesting activity for the older children in the party who seemed...

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| Many people who "do" electronics as a pastime or as a career feel the urge to convey their knowledge and experience to the younger generatio...

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| Sometimes you just want to make something simple, just for the fun of it or to get high on the delicious fumes of hot 60/40 solder and flux....

| Practical – useful – indispensible. Many of the problems encountered with 3D printers, particularly those used in a nonprofessional setup, c...