Collaborate Disseminate
[Evan] couldn’t find a phone he liked, so he decided to build his own. There are advantages and disadvantages, as you might expect. On the plus side, you have the …read more Continue reading Linux Cell Phone? Build OURPhone
What do you do with a Hue smart lightbulb? Well, if you are [Chris Greening], you take it apart and get hacking. If you ever wondered what’s inside, the teardown …read more Continue reading Hacking Hue Lightbulbs
We think of human flight as a relatively modern affair, with a few claims to the first airplane all around the turn of the last century. But people flew much …read more Continue reading Rising to the Occasion: A Brief History of Crewed High Altitude Balloons
Tinkercad is like the hamburger helper of 3D design. You hate to admit you use it, and you know you should put in more effort, but — darn it — …read more Continue reading Parametric Design with Tinkercad
Thanks to 3D printing and inexpensive controllers, a robot arm doesn’t need to break the bank anymore. Case in point? [Build Some Stuff] did a good-looking compact arm with servos …read more Continue reading $60 Robot Arm is Compact
While our modern computer can easily emulate a lot of different old machines, there is something about having replica hardware that is even better. Not as nice as having the …read more Continue reading OSI Superboard II Replicated
If we asked you to design a circuit to blink a flashing turn signal, you would probably reach for a cheap micro or a 555. But old cars used bimetallic …read more Continue reading The Shuttle Engine Needed 3D Printing, But…
While air hockey is a fine amusement, it isn’t much fun if you can’t find someone to play against. Unless that is, you build a mini table with a robotic …read more Continue reading Air Hockey Solitaire
Society and governments are struggling to adapt to a world full of cybersecurity threats. Case in point: the EU CRA — Cyber Resilience Act — is a proposal by the …read more Continue reading The Cyber Resilience Act Threatens Open Source
The Baader-Meinhof effect is the common name for what scientists call frequency illusion. Suppose you are watching Star Trek’s Christopher Pike explain how he makes pasta mama, and you’ve never …read more Continue reading Gen Tojo’s Teeth: Morse Code Shows Up in the Strangest Places