In this week’s Gizmodo University: Discover Electronics, we’re diving headfirst into the principle theories of electronics. The second of four classes in this series, “Volts, Amps, and Ohms” is ...

You can build a small-block that idles smoothly and makes 500 horsepower. Your buddies all call on you when it comes time to spray the paint on their cars. The last upholstery job you did ended up in ...

Did you know that 1 horsepower is the amount of power required to lift 550 pounds to a height of 1 foot in 1 second? Or, did you know that a foot-pound of torque is literally 1 pound of force exerted ...

Because of the shell arrangements of electrons in various atoms and molecules, some substances are quite good at allowing a few electrons to move about freely (e.g., copper, silver, gold, aluminum), ...

The road ahead looks like a black hole. It's so dark and so dreary, even the bravest Saturday mechanic would prefer to be off the highway and safe at home. Unfortunately, you're still hours away from ...