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 ...

My family has a cabin in the woods of Northern California. We built the “new cabin” in the late 1950s when the one built in 1922 had too many maintenance issues. Before our recent overhaul, its ...

The rise of LEDs has changed lighting design in many ways, as they take up little space and draw such low power. The beauty of this DIY desk lamp is in its simplicity and ease of use. This LED desk ...

A solar day lamp is a simple, inexpensive device for bringing “daylight” to dark interior spaces whenever the sun is shining. This article provides complete instructions for designing lamps using both ...