Collaborate Disseminate
MSX computers were not very common in the United States, and we didn’t know what we were missing when they were popular. [Re:Enthused] shows us what would have been a …read more Continue reading A Look at the Panasonic FS-A1FM
Photo-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didn’t have a good printer …read more Continue reading Repairing a Kodak Picture Maker Kiosk
We talk about quantum states — that is, something can be at one of several discrete values but not in between. For example, a binary digit can be a 1 …read more Continue reading You Too Can Do the Franck-Hertz Experiment
[Project 326] has a cheap thermal camera that plugs into a smart phone. Sure they are handy, but what if you could hack one into a microscope with a resolution …read more Continue reading Make Your Cheap Thermal Camera into a Microscope
Elliot does the podcast on the road to Supercon Europe, and Al is in the mood for math and nostalgia this week. Listen in and find out what they were …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 312: Heart Attacks, the Speed of Light, and Self-balancing
Pi Day is here! We bet that you know that famous constant to a few decimal points, and you could probably explain what it really means: the ratio of a …read more Continue reading You Know Pi, But Do You Really Know E?
You can argue if bash is a good programming language or not, but you can’t argue that it is a programming language. However, there are a few oddities about it …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Use the Source (Command), Luke
[Yaymukund] made an interesting observation. Old-style rotary phones were made to last and made for service. Why? Because you didn’t own them, the phone company did. There was no advantage …read more Continue reading Hacking a Rotary Phone
[Tech Minds] built one of those cheap automatic antenna tuners you see everywhere — this one scaled up to 350 watt capability. The kit is mostly built, but you do …read more Continue reading What’s Wrong With This Antenna Tuner?
There have been several attempts to make an unencumbered version of Windows. ReactOS is perhaps the best-known, although you could argue Wine and its progeny, while not operating systems in …read more Continue reading Freeing Windows