With the help of a microcontroller, a few strings of GE Color Effect Christmas lights can be easily turned into a fully programmable LED strip, or if you are so inclined, a huge RGB LED display.

An international team of physicists has created the first system that can produce verifiably random numbers. The technique relies on the inherent uncertainties in quantum mechanics and future versions ...

When it comes to unpredictable strings of numbers, some are more random than others. Until now there has been no way to confirm 'true' randomness, leaving encryption techniques that rely on random ...