Although disco music and dancing may be long dead, the disco ball lives on as a staple of dance parties everywhere. [Tim van de Vathorst] spent a considerable amount of time reinventing the disco ball ...

At first glance, using a microcontroller for a simple fancy light project is overkill. However, the existing design can be modified later without additional hardware. Often a few extra code lines will ...

We first saw Sphero, the smartphone-controlled robotic ball, at last year’s CES–but it was just a prototype then. Now it’s a product that retails for $129 and has five available free apps with ...