Digital applications and virtual design practices are revolutionizing the construction industry. Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) digital software ...

Building a PC is a protracted, multistep process. First you must pick a platform and choose a case to best suit your needs. Then you have to do some research and acquire the individual components.

Most microcontroller manufacturers give you some kind of free development toolchain or IDE with their silicon products. Often it’s crippled, closed source, and a large download. This is pretty ...

One interesting fact that I’ve noticed about embedded software development is that development processes and techniques tend to lag the general software industry. When I first started to write ...

Familiarity breeds confidence; hence, knowing your components before starting your build makes the process smoother. You'll ...

Military armored vehicles have come a long way since their early days. The first tank designs appeared in World War I and were designed to cross trenches, which required very long, large vehicles. You ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...