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While many of us now have laser cutters — either a K40-style machine or one of the newer high-output diodes — you probably don’t have one that cuts metal. True, …read more Continue reading A Guide to Laser Cutting Metal, if You’ve Got the Cash
You normally don’t think a lot would go into the construction of a chair. However, when that chair is attached to a commercial jet plane, there’s a lot of technology …read more Continue reading Airline Seats Are for Dummies
If you cut your teeth on Z-80 assembly and have dabbled in other assembly languages, you might not find much mystery in creating programs using the next best thing to …read more Continue reading From High Level Language to Assembly
As we get older, our eyes get worse. That’s just a fact of life. It is a rite of passage the first time you leave the eye doctor with a …read more Continue reading Hack Your Eyesight with High Tech Bifocals
If you want to smooth out the top surface of your FDM 3D prints, you can try ironing. Many slicers allow you to set this option, which drags the hot …read more Continue reading Non-planar Ironing Makes Smooth Prints
[Mikrowave1] wanted to build an authentic 1930s-style ham radio station that was portable. He’s already done a regenerative receiver, but now he’s starting on a tube transmitter that runs on …read more Continue reading A 1930s Ham Station
Automated musical instruments aren’t a new idea. From water chimes to player pianos, they’ve been around for a while. But we can’t remember the last time we saw a player …read more Continue reading Player Ukulele Pulls Your Strings
[Breaking Taps] has a look at “parkerization” — a process to coat steel to prevent rust. While you commonly see this finish in firearms, it is usable anywhere you need …read more Continue reading The Science of Coating Steel
There was a time when building a telescope was a rite of passage for budding astronomers, much as building a radio was the coming age for electronics folks. These days, …read more Continue reading Orion Ceases Operations, Future of Meade Unclear
It is hard to imagine what a mainframe or supercomputer can do when we all have what amounts to supercomputers on our desks. But if you look at something like …read more Continue reading Mainframe Chip has 360MB of on-Chip Cache