There are few computing collapses more spectacular than the downfall of Commodore, but its rise as a home computer powerhouse ...

We can understand why shaderacademy.com chose that name over “the shady school,” but whatever they call it, if you are ...

The Bendix G-15 refurbished by [David at Usagi Electric] is well known as the oldest fully operational digital computer in ...

When someone hacks together a digital camera with a Raspberry Pi, the limiting factor for serious photography is usually the ...

Even in the early days of the Cold War, it quickly became apparent that simply having hundreds or even thousands of nuclear ...

We often marvel at the many things a 555 can do. But [Zafer Yildiz] shows us that it can even take the place of a PCB. You’ll ...

The best part about post-mortem teardowns of electronics is when you discover some unusual design features, whether or not ...

Ever ruin a perfectly serviceable piece of toast by trying (and failing) to spread a little pat of rock-solid butter? [John Dingley] doesn’t! Not since he created the Butta Melta to cozily ...

Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s ...

‘Hearing voices’ doesn’t have to be worrisome, for instance when software-defined radio (SDR) happens to be your hobby. It can take quite some of your time and attention to pull voices from ...

Admit it. You’d get through boring classes in school by daydreaming of cool things you’d like to build. If you were like us, some of them were practical, but some of them were flights o… ...

Entries keep ticking in for the One Hertz Challenge, some more practical than others. [Pierre-Loup M.]’s One Hertz Sculpture has no pretensions of being anything but pretty, but we can absol… ...