In our modern semi-dystopia, it seems like most companies add automation features to their products to lock them down and get ...

It’s something of a shock to be reminded that Microsoft’s Windows 95 is now 30 years old — but the PC operating system that ...

If you want to work with radioactive material, a cheap Geiger counter isn’t really what you want. According to [Project 326], ...

Paul McCabe] wrote in to let us know about his $25 robot. This small wheeled robot is based on an ESP32 and made using ...

It’s just about all we can think about over here: the week leading up to the 2025 Superconference. From what we hear, it’s ...

While we use a lot of CAD tools, many of us are fans of Tinkercad — especially for working with kids or just doing something quick. But many people dislike having to work across the Internet ...

When we first saw [DiPDoT’s] homebrew computer, we thought it was an Altair 8800. But, no. While it has a very familiar front panel, the working parts are all based on relays. While it ...

Finely powdered aluminium can make almost anything more pyrotechnically interesting, from fireworks to machine shop cleanups – even ceramics, as [Degree of Freedom] discovered. He was ...

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...

It’s rather amazing how many electronic components you can buy right now are not quite the genuine parts that they are sold ...

Connectors are wonderful and terrible things. Wonderful, in that splicing wires every time you need to disassemble something ...

Ideally, an aircraft would be made of something reasonably strong, light, and weather resistant. Cardboard, is none of those ...