In the early days of computing, and well into the era where home computers were common but not particularly powerful, ...

One of the most paradoxical aspects of creating art is the fact that constraints, whether arbitrary or real, and whether in ...

A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their hands on a number of matching lithium-ion ...

For all their education, medical practitioners sometimes forget that what’s old hat to them is new territory for their ...

It is easier than ever to produce projects with nice enclosures thanks to 3D printing and laser cutting. However, for a ...

Go back a generation of development, and excepting the shuttle-derived systems, all liquid rockets used RP-1 (aka kerosene) for their first stage. Now it seems everybody and their dog wants to ...

David Bloomfield] wanted to make some tweaks to an embedded system, but didn’t quite have the requisite skills. He decided to see if vibe coding could help. [David]’s goal was simple.

Classic demos from the demoscene are all about showing off one’s technical prowess, with a common side order of a slick ...

If you build electronics, you will eventually need a coil. If you spend any time winding one, you are almost guaranteed to ...

Sometimes you need random numbers — and properly random ones, at that. [Sean Boyce] whipped up a rig that serves up just that ...

It was probably Montesquieu who coined the proto-hacker motto “the best is the mortal enemy of the good”. He was talking ...

While most hams and hackers have at least heard of Heathkit, most people don’t know the strange origin story of the legendary company. [Ham Radio Gizmos] takes us all through the story. In ...