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 ...

Okay, I'm doing a presentation on Michael Faraday for tomorrow's physics class. I looked up on him on the Intarweb, and found stuff about the Faraday cage, and how to make a cheap, homemade ...

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.

We've heard for a while now that hackers are taking advantage of keyless entry systems to steal modern cars in what are known as "relay attacks." And while some folks are using old-school methods like ...

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 ...