A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetism: the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a given location.

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Kristen Stewart is weighing in on the Method acting debate. “The Chronology of Water” director recently told the New York Times that acting is by nature “quite embarrassing and unmasculine,” and that ...

Gift giving is arguably one of the most joyous and stressful parts of the holiday season. Figuring out who you need to shop for and how much you should spend on everyone on your list is enough to make ...

Most automakers are trying to reinvent themselves for the future generation of their products, though few actually manage to do that successfully. One of them is Peugeot, which is now looking at the ...

Part of setting up a microcontroller when writing a piece of firmware usually involves configuring its connections to the outside world. You define a mapping of physical pins to intenral peripherals ...

Bad news, everyone: our cards are marked. The human species will go extinct by the year 2339, so we have just a few centuries left (at time of writing). News editor Jacob Aron shared this shattering ...

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In theory, all parts are ideal and do just exactly what they say on the box. In practice, everything has its limits, most components have non-ideal characteristics, and you can even turn most parts’ ...

The 5-4-3-2-1 grocery shopping method simplifies grocery shopping while still prioritizing whole foods. It can be modified to fit different dietary needs if necessary. Sometimes, going to the grocery ...