This vertical charging tower reset my home office in the best way - so I bought 3 more

The Tessan 65W charging station is a tower-style charger that incorporates both USB ports and AC outlets. On the front are six USB ports: four USB-A (20W max each when used singly) and two USB-C ports ...
Hackaday

555-Based Square-Wave And Triangle-Wave Function Generator Build For Beginners

Over on YouTube [Andrew Neal] has a Function Generator Build for Beginners. As beginner videos go this one is fairly ...
CNET

Bluetti's New Dual Input Charger Lets You Charge With Solar and an Alternator at the Same Time

The Bluetti Charger 2 is the company's latest charger for van life, RVs and digital nomads. I took a look at CES 2026. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, analyst, ...
Interesting Engineering

New smart car charger uses solar and engine power to recharge batteries 13x faster

Clean energy company BLUETTI introduced Charger 2, a new smart charging system aimed at people who live and travel on the road, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The launch targets overlanders, RV owners, 4WD ...
Geeky Gadgets

Arduino Uno Q : Hybrid Board Build Smarter Projects with Precise Control

Is the Arduino Uno Q the missing piece in your next project? With its hybrid design that fuses the precision of a microcontroller with the flexibility of a Linux-based single-board computer, this ...
Engadget

Bluetti's Charger 2 uses solar and engine power to charge your portable battery

If you’re off-roading, it’s a neat idea to use your engine to top up your battery, which prompted Bluetti to launch the Charger. You could hook it to your alternator and draw off energy as you drove ...
IEEE

Solar-Powered Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring System Using Arduino

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a cost-effective, solar-powered, real-time air quality monitoring and hazard alert system utilizing an Arduino microcontroller integrated with gas and ...
The Baltimore Sun

State judge criticizes Carroll officials’ stance on solar farms

The Maryland Public Service Commission ruled in favor of allowing another solar farm to operate in Carroll County, and may allow the project to preempt several local requirements in order to move ...
SFGate

California has a huge solar power problem. A fix is coming.

For years, California lawmakers were stymied. But now, at a crucial juncture for electricity in America, the state is embracing an ambitious and long-awaited plan: to buy and sell far, far more power ...
TechCrunch

Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent to Colossus data center

Artificial intelligence startup xAI, founded by Elon Musk, told city and county planners in Memphis last week that it plans to build a solar farm next to its Colossus data center — one of the world’s ...
Concord Monitor

‘Need to make a big step forward’: Largest state solar array project underway in Warner

Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for essential news each day, and our contests and promotions list for special offers and giveaways. Fred Hill ...