[Tito] entered a Self-Charging LED Flasher into the Component Abuse Challenge. It’s a simple re-build of a design by the unstoppable [Burkhard Kainka], and while [Tito] doesn’t explain its workings in ...

A pair of alternating flashing LEDs makes an excellent visual alarm. One of the LEDs remains illuminated, so there's little chance the alarm will go undetected, even by a casual glance. Several ...

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or ...

If a poll was taken to determine what aspect of the hot rod hobby enthusiasts dislike the most, there’s a high likelihood that “diagnosing electrical issues/gremlins” would be the popular answer. An ...

The crossing gates were lowered at a Gary railroad track when a vehicle drove around it and was hit by a commuter train and killed five people, representatives from the South Shore Line confirmed.

A short circuit led to a major fire that broke out in tin-sheet huts built for workers in Mira Road on Thursday afternoon. The fire spread rapidly and caused around six gas cylinders to explode.

Alternating current circuits improve the versatility and usefulness of electric power systems. In the late 1800s, Nikola Tesla demonstrated phenomena with alternating current (AC) electricity that ...

A "vote here" sign outside Rogers Elementary School in Berkley, MI for the Presidential Primary. (Andy Olesko/Courthouse News Service) (CN) — A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Friday affirmed ...

The U.S. 50 Middle Bridge at Blue Mesa Reservoir will be open 24 hours a day, to all legal loads, starting Wednesday. The travel pattern remains single-lane, alternating, led by pilot vehicle.