Many people have been wondering what a Faraday cage is and why they are important for emergency preparedness. A Faraday cage is a sealed enclosure that conducts electricity to the outer layer. Some ...

Shielding is crucial for all manner of electronic devices. Whether you want to keep power supply noise out of an audio amplifier, or protect ICBMs against an electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear ...

An electric charge (like a proton) creates an electric field in the region around it. This field points away from positive charges and decreases in strength as it gets farther away from the charge.

Tom Colella gets bonus points for ingenuity, at least. Colella, an electrician from Australia, wanted to get away from work and hit the links. Just one problem: The GPS-equipped, company-mandated ...

In today's digital age, many employers like to monitor their offsite staff during work hours using GPS. Over in Australia, one 60-year-old electrician decided to use his technical know-how to evade ...

A group of Dutch entrepreneurs is hoping to build a business out of helping smartphone users manage their device addiction — via a Faraday cage housed inside a fancy looking hexagonal aluminum case ...

Distracted driving killed almost 3,500 in the United States in 2015. We know it's dangerous, and yet for many of us the urge to look at our phones when we're behind the wheel is too great. To that end ...