Collaborate Disseminate
Computers are, after all, frighteningly complex state machines. Quite of bit of the software we write can be modeled as a state machine, too. A great technological achievement by humans? …read more Continue reading Fourteen-Legged Cell Carries Nature’s Tiny Computer
You know you aren’t supposed to watch your laser while it is cutting or engraving. But [Alex] hosted Wired in his studio and showed them how lasers engrave metal with …read more Continue reading Laser Engraving, Up Close
Who do you think of when you think of ancient civilizations? Romans? Greeks? Chinese? India? Egyptians? What about the Scythians, the Muisca, Gana, or the Kerma? You might not recognize …read more Continue reading Publish or Perish: Data Storage and Civilization
We were impressed with [moononournation’s] tiny thin client project. It claims to use an Arduino, but as you might guess it is using the Arduino software along with a network-enabled …read more Continue reading Tiny Thin Client is Small But Compatible
It is the time of year when a lot of people in certain parts of the world carve pumpkins. [Gonkee] is carving a watermelon, which we assume is similar. He …read more Continue reading Watermelon CNC Uses Lazy Susan
The ARM processor is popping up everywhere. From Raspberry Pis, to phones, to Blue Pill Arduino-like boards, you don’t have to go far to find an ARM processor these days. …read more Continue reading ARM Programming by Example
Google recently made some videos to highlight cybersecurity. The video below is episode three, and it tells an interesting story about the first crash test dummy. However, the really interesting …read more Continue reading Hacking Google with Plasma
[Geek Detour] had a mystery to solve. A round part he was printing had a distinct pattern of blobs. If you’ve been 3D printing for any length of time, you …read more Continue reading Power Loss Recovery Might Make 3D-Printed Blobs
We’ve seen plenty of people 3D printing custom gears over the years, but [Mr Innovative] decided against an additive process for his bespoke component. He ended up using a simple …read more Continue reading Simple CNC Gear Production with Arduino
If you’ve noticed the TRX-DUO software-defined radio transceiver, you might have wondered how it stacks up to other choices like Red Pitaya or HackRF. [Tech Minds] obliges with a review …read more Continue reading TRX-Duo is a Red Piyata Clone for Software Defined Radio