Modern Electronics was a hobbyist magazine published briefly in 1978. The title was sold to a new publisher and it retuned with a new staff and appearance in October of 1984. It ceased publication in April of 1991 when it became Computer Craft.

Art Salsberg, the editor in 1984, described the new magazine this way: "Many of you probably know of me from my decade-long stewardship of Popular Electronics magazine, which changed its name and editorial philosophy last year to distance itself from active electronics enthusiasts who move fluidly across electronics and computer product areas. In a sense, then, Modern Electronics is the successor to the original concept of Popular Electronics."