Entries
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This week Jonathan chats with Andy Gryc and Aaron Basset about QNX, and the interesting Open Source history and futur...
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About 18 months ago, we brought you a sneak peek at a handheld that started life in the Dutch conference badge scene....
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Everybody loves aquariums. There’s something soothing about watching the lil’ critters inside them swimming, crawling...
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Local area networks (LANs) that use technologies like Ethernet and Wi-Fi are incredibly useful for letting devices ta...
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This may say more about us than the current state of the telephone network, but unless your Grandma is still kicking,...
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Hacks don’t have to be practical but it helps if they are educational or clever or amusing, as [Ray Foss] demonstrate...
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In these trying times it seems appropriate to work through some ‘what if ‘ scenarios, such as the local gas station s...
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We all love a good bit of bounce now and then, with everything from trampolines to bouncy castles and bouncy balls fo...
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Laser diodes are convenient light sources, but for precise optical work their often-elliptical beam profile leaves so...
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The phenomenon of cable-shaped indents in the plastic cases of retro systems is one that’s probably painfully familia...
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Every experienced machinist knows the value of taking regular measurements. If one works carefully and checks dimensi...
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A central problem with the arguably overhyped field of quantum computing remains the difficulty in objectively ascert...
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The NOISFERATU is an open source generative textural sound synthesizer, or as creator [Robert Heel] puts it, “a sound...
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When you’re driving your car, you’re probably regularly looking at the speedometer to make sure you comply with the l...
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Reverse-osmosis (RO) systems are one way to ensure that you get very clean drinking water. The Waterdrop G3P600 varie...
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One of the simplest robots to make is a bristlebot — a motor with an offset weight is attached to the head of a tooth...
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Some of us have felt somewhat nervous about the collapse of DRAM and NAND Flash memory supply in the consumer market,...
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In the world of scientific publishing there are many reasons why a paper can be retracted, but generally there is an ...
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Second Reality is a legendary demoscene release by Future Crew, which won Assembly 1993 with its technical and artist...
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For as popular as the piano is in music studios, homes, and schools, it almost defies logic. Compared to a guitar, ha...