This month, I’ll share some of the free software I use to understand how TV signals make it from the transmitter to the ...

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A water-softener filtration system is a great way to keep appliances functioning and plumbing free of mineral buildup. Here are our top choices.

The Ebook delves into key radio frequency (RF) design topics ranging from signal chain fundamentals and antenna selection to ...

If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for Meshtastic devices, and the LoRa protocol ...

A standard industrial knitting machine has been modified to produce fabrics from tungsten wire coated in gold, which are used ...

In an era defined by streaming services and online cable offerings like Sling and YouTube TV, it’s easy to forget that over-the-air (OTA) TV exists. Yes, your TV can still get your local ABC, NBC, and ...

A team of researchers at Penn State have devised a new, streamlined approach to designing metasurfaces, a class of engineered ...

Sharma, Fu, and Ansari et al. developed a tool for converting plain-text instructions into photonic circuit designs with the ...

Anritsu and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have demonstrated a major advance in D-band wireless communications ...

If you want to cut the cord but keep live TV, you need the right antenna to tune into over-the-air broadcasts. Here's what you need to know, along with our top picks. I’m PCMag’s home theater and ...

CES 2026 is just around the corner and we will be there again. Here, we look back at our 2025 coverage, which was very ...