Collaborate Disseminate
I must confess, that I try not to run Windows any more than absolutely necessary. But for many reasons, it is occasionally necessary. In particular, I have had several laptops …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Ultimate Dual Boot Laptop?
History is full of stories about technology that makes sense to the designer but doesn’t really fit the needs of the users. Take cake mixes. In 1929, a man named …read more Continue reading But Think of the (World Wide) Users!
[Atomic14] bought some wireless LEDs that receive power from a base station. They were very neatly packaged, but — we like it — he took one apart and made his …read more Continue reading Wireless LEDs Aren’t Really Magic
Old radios didn’t have much in the way of smarts. But as digital synthesis became more common, radios often had as much digital electronics in them as RF circuits. The …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Gets Brain Transplant
The usual solar cell is made of silicon. The better cells use the crystalline form of the element, but there are other methods to obtain electric energy from the sun …read more Continue reading Perovskites Understood
There was a time when engineers carried slide rules. Then there was a time when we all carried calculators. Sure, calculators are still around, but you are more likely to …read more Continue reading Build Your Own HP41C
Sometimes advances happen when someone realizes that a common sense approach isn’t the optimal one. Take radio. Success in radio requires bigger antennas and more power, right? But cell phones …read more Continue reading DIY High Flow 3D Printing Nozzle
[Lee Adamson] is no stranger to classic computers. He recently picked up a Heathkit H11A which, as you might remember, is actually a PDP-11 from DEC. Well, technically, it is …read more Continue reading A PDP 11 by Any Other Name: Heathkit H11 Teardown and Repair
Have you ever been on a city street and seen a busker playing music on glasses? Each glass has a different amount of water and produces a different note when …read more Continue reading Arduino Plays the Glasses
[Chase’s] post titled “How to Grow Sodium Chloride Crystals at Home” might as well be called “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Salt Crystals (but Were Afraid to Ask).” …read more Continue reading The (Sodium Chloride) Crystal Method