OK, it's not really a black light. It's better to call it what it is: ultraviolet light. Let's start with a quick overview of light. Of course, light is an electromagnetic wave (oscillating electric ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

If you’re looking for a great way to light your photo and video shoots, this DIY super bright LED panel can be molded to shed light anywhere you need it. You can even swap between warm and cool ...

Build festive decorations using Arduino and Raspberry Pi with these five creative holiday projects and video tutorials ...

Rope lights are designed to run from the mains, so you'll need to rewire them in parallel to work with a battery pack. "Cut the outer sheath of the rope down the middle with the razor blade," Cram ...

Here's a promise I can keep: In the coming years, you'll be hearing a lot about something called RGB Mini-LED. Recently, several companies unveiled TVs that sport this brand-new display technology, ...

We've been on plenty of Adventures in AV at this point, but none of them have involved quite as much physical activity as my recent trip to Germany. That's right, the European tech event of the year, ...

Once upon a time, buying a lightbulb meant choosing an incandescent one of between 25 and 100 watts, depending on how bright you wanted the light to be and the fixture you were putting it in. You ...

In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable and change RGB Control in Windows 11. Microsoft has a native Lighting feature in Windows 11 that lets you control RGB lighting for each connected and ...

Making Mini-LED TVs more affordable will be a key challenge for Samsung and Sony next year if they want to compete with ...

Controlling RGB lighting on Linux can be challenging due to the lack of native support from most hardware manufacturers, but several tools and methods have emerged to help users manage their RGB ...

Now that incandescent bulbs are on the way out, LED bulbs are a clear choice, but there are things to keep in mind when buying them. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...