Flickering candle LEDs are seemingly everywhere these days, and like all fads, someone has to take a very close look at the engineering behind them. [cpldcpu] had earlier taken a look at the ...

The 19th-century physicist Michael Faraday was known not only for his seminal experimental contributions to electromagnetism but also for his public speaking. His annual Christmas lectures at the ...

If you’re trying to turn your house into a haunted mansion this Halloween season, don’t buy those antique oil lanterns for your front stoop just yet (even though we appreciate the desire for ...

LED candles are a safer, simpler alternative to real ones, but not all look especially convincing. When shopping for the best flameless candles, flame-effect makes or breaks the overall aesthetic. Low ...

Most LED candles feature a cream or ivory color scheme to look like real wax candles. If you want the ability to change ...

As if a candlelit dinner wasn’t romantic enough. Scientists have shown that a flickering flame is studded with millions of tiny diamonds. Roughly 1.5million of the twinkling gems are created every ...

Candle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with periodic gradations, and ...

Candle flames are designed to be as stable as possible, but if multiple candles are bundled together, they will naturally vibrate depending on gravity and the diameter of the flame. Hardware engineer ...