Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

The world's first automatic and adaptive, dual-mode light-emitting diode (LED)-based optical wireless power transmission ...

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Check out this RP2040-powered programmable controller board for smart light and sound effects. It's the Tiny FX W, with the W standing for wireless connectivity. We're talking playful effects for ...

Smart LED light bulbs are one of the easiest ways to get into the IoT space. These smart lighting solutions let you control your home’s illumination from your phone and other connected devices, and in ...

A couple years ago I got into making electronic conferences badges by building a device for DEFCON 25 shaped like a dragonfly. Like all badges the most important design factor was quite literally how ...

Whilst the advantages of converting from fluorescent lighting to LED technology are substantial, they become far greater when integrated with an intelligent lighting control system, which delivers the ...

LED lighting continues to successfully carve out a growing portion of $50 billion lighting market, which is not surprising given that LEDs provide the best energy efficiency when compared to CFL and ...

RGB LED lights are a great way to accent your home and add a little color, but color control usually has to be done from the light itself. If you want to control those colors over Wi-Fi, OpenPicus has ...