If you’re looking for your first electronics project, or a project to get someone else started in electronics, [Vadim] has you covered. Back when he was first starting out in electronics he built this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The LoraTap plug adapter and remote-controlled wall switch turns on your lamps like your regular ceiling lights. Here’s how it ...

Ever wished you could dim a light from far away or change a fan's speed from the couch? You can do it with Instructable user gabriellalevine's guide to making a remote controlled dimmer that works on ...

The device is made to adjust the lights in a house with the use of any type of remote controller with IR interface to improve the quality of life. Only two keys on the remote controller are required ...

Ever been annoyed by the placement of light switches in your house? Is there never one around when you need it? The Avi-on Switch is a new light switch (with an associated iPhone app) that you can ...

[Gary] had an RF triggered light switch kicking around, and wanted to find a way to control his lights using a home theater remote. The switch, which he bought from RadioShack years ago, came with a ...

Opening garage doors using a smartphone is certainly nothing new. Nor, for that matter, is remotely operating a light switch or kitchen appliance. The My N3RD, however, is claimed capable of turning ...

Belkin's iOS-compatible WeMo home automation system has been the subject of several posts here on TUAW including a full review. I've used the system with the IFTTT scripting service to do everything ...

This remote controlled switch circuit can control AC loads such as lights, fans etc through the remote handset of TV. It uses the 555 timer in the bistable mode. In the bistable mode output IC555 ...

The hardware in Mac Funamizu’s gesture-controlled light switch would be very, very simple—after all, it’s just a trackpad. But it’s the input methods that make this exciting: just as laptop trackpads ...