To get things up and running again, you need a portable generator. The quietest, lightest, and most powerful 2,200-watt generator we tested is easy to start, and the Bluetooth app makes monitoring ...

Barcode decoders are hardware devices that convert the information in barcodes to a digital format. They analyze a barcode’s bars and spaces, determine that the data is from a valid barcode, and then ...

PDF files have become a major part of our digital lives in this cross-platform world. While simply viewing or commenting on a PDF can be accomplished with free software, there are times when we ...

Barcodes are commonly used to track items like groceries or clothing, but University of Central Florida researchers have developed a special "barcode" to identify much smaller objects: molecules ...

Today, Adobe has become the first major company to make its AI video generator available to the public. At its annual creativity conference, Adobe Max, the company unveiled its latest AI ...

The guiding principle when hooking up a portable generator is simple: Don’t take shortcuts. They can be dangerous and, at times, even lethal. First, you may feel compelled to get your electric ...

All of the solar generators listed here were run through empirical testing at CNET's lab and handled and examined in person by me. All the picks below were made with firsthand knowledge.

The chain retailer has started testing invisible barcodes on their Great Value items, which would allow shoppers to simply ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the ...

George Laurer, the US engineer who helped develop the barcode, has died at the age of 94. Barcodes, which are made up of black stripes of varying thickness and a 12-digit number, help identify ...

Slip rings maintain constant contact with the same sides of the coil As one side of the coil moves up through the magnetic field, a potential difference is induced (created) in one direction. As ...