PM's Glenn Derene explains how to add a a computerized guidance system to your telescope so you can find celestial bodies without star charts, and how to connect your digital SLR so you can photograph what you're seeing with a super-zoom lens.

Senior technology editor Glenn Derene shows that with a small wind turbine, generator, solar charging kit and two very powerful batteries, you won't have to abandon your gadgets (or beer fridge) after an emergency.

How much foam and plastic does it take to save ordinary gadgets from everyday disasters? Here, we design DIY gadget armor for regular old laptops, cells and cameras so that they'll withstand drops, drinks and dirty dives. Then we lay on the abuse.

With a few AA batteries and $5 worth of parts, anybody can cobble together an emergency cellphone charger.

Surround sound systems are great for movies, but they can drain power and be overkill if you're just watching the weather report.

HD was just the beginning. New screens, networked devices, remotes and video gear change what we watch and how we see it.

With the right software and a few plug-in instruments, anyone (really, anyone) can be a rock star in his own home.

A reader who no longer uses his Apple keyboard is having trouble ejecting CDs and DVDs from his Mac Pro.

While it may not be worth the time to turn your old Beatles albums into MP3s or Disney Movies to DVDs, there are some home movies or vinyl classics that you just have to keep. Here's how to to make your own, home analog-to-digital transition.

The technology to translate doodles, sketches and ideas into detailed drawings is surprisingly affordably and acceptable.