Entries
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[John Dingley] spends a lot of time editing videos, and as many of us know, when it comes to repetitive tasks the mor...
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Stepper motors are undeniably useful, but sometimes they need a bit of gearing to help perform their task. [Gjhudson2...
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Letting go is hard, especially when it concerns an irreplaceable space probe like the two Voyagers. Fortunately JPL e...
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You’ve probably heard of rubidium frequency standards, which are used where you need an extremely accurate time or fr...
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It’s a complex world out there, and more than ever folks may find themselves in a situation where they want to keep p...
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We’ve probably all got one item in our toolboxes or chests that we really, really don’t like, but find too handy to t...
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PID controllers are everywhere. They regulate temperature, motor speed, power supplies, positioning systems, process ...
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Back in the late 90s, Apple was definitely a pretty fruity company, with its aggressively translucent shades of color...
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Everyone talks about the weather. This is doubly true for sailors, where bad weather could mean a very bad day. So it...
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The story of Commodore, the famous manufacturer of home computers, is a murky one at best. Commodore fans will decry ...
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Most musical organs use air as their working fluid, but there’s nothing in the rule book that says they have to. Call...
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It’s rather awkward when you buy a piece of hardware like a sketchy router to make a video about its hidden admin pas...
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For decades now, companies like Michelin have been teasing us with futuristic-looking automobile tires that don’t use...
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After the release of Google’s Chromecast so-called ‘streaming sticks’ have remained a popular form factor, even thoug...
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We’ve always taken a certain childlike joy in seeing tiny things made big, and big things tiny. Evidently [Uncle Stem...
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This week Jonathan chats with Jonathan Pallant about embedded Rust! Learn about the growing Rust driver library, the ...
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It’s time to return to our no-punches-pulled look at food manufacture, and this time we’re looking at the humble loaf...
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If you’ve ever thought about the nomenclature of electrical components, potentiometer stands out as a strange name, e...
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Once upon a time, telephones were primarily point-to-point communications systems. There were options for three-way a...
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[Mansour] presents an interesting idea in his essay A Common Thread — just as USB-C has become the “One Connector To ...