This Arduino NFC slot scans a DVD case sticker, pairs it with a hard-drive file, and plays the movie at a button press. Use genre-labelled cases to pick movies randomly; press again to skip to another ...

As a Mechatronics Engineering student at NUST CEME, I’m soon entering my second year. During my summer break, I couldn’t find an internship near my hometown, so I decided to use the time to explore ...

Tom Selleck almost passed up one of his most iconic roles. During a recent conversation with Ted Danson on his podcast, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," Selleck explained that a conversation with ...

Kelsey Grammer is revealing the surprising twist that turned "Frasier" into one of television's most successful sitcoms. The actor recently appeared on "Planet Tyrus," where he revealed he nearly ...

I wanted a clock that, annoyingly, didn’t seem to exist. Since childhood, my bedside clocks have been a series of red, seven-segment LED clock-radio specials from Walmart or Target. They are ...

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A new study led by MIT researchers could drive the development of more energy-efficient digital displays—such as flat-screen TVs, augmented and virtual reality headsets, smartphone screens, medical ...

Zegler: Initiative PR / Badgley: Getty Images / Ryan: Ali Smith / Ellis Fox: William Dover Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to the psychological thriller, “NDA,” starring Golden Globe winner ...

Matt Hardy has explained the story behind the injury on his arm after TNA Slammiversary. He revealed that an off-script move by his brother Jeff Hardy led to a painful moment during the wild ladder ...

Expectations were shattered at Bonhams‘s four-part sale of Diane Keaton‘s estate on June 12. The late actor’s personal collection brought in a $4.2 million, with every lot finding a buyer. According ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have achieved what was once considered impossible by electrically powering insulating nanoparticles to create a completely new kind of LED. Using tiny organic ...

In a fun little piece of marketing, Tom Holland, Zendaya, and director Destin Daniel Cretton add notes to the pages. Reading time 2 minutes We’re just about three months out from Spider-Man’s highly ...