Collaborate Disseminate
We felt bad for [Mark] of Mark Fixes Stuff. Apparently, his house burned down and took virtually everything, including his retrocomputer collection. He did manage to pull out a few …read more Continue reading ColecoVision Cart Rises from Ashes
If you look at [Proper Printing’s] latest video — see below — you’ll immediately get the idea behind his latest printer. There are two heads on two separate gantries, which, …read more Continue reading 3D Printer Hot Off the Griddle
If you intend to see the Netflix series “The Three Body Problem” or you want to read the Hugo-winning story from Chinese author [Cixin Liu], then you should probably bookmark …read more Continue reading Fictional Computers: The Three Body Problem
If you work with high-end CAD workstations, you may have encountered a SpaceMouse or similar devices. Sort of a mouse with an extra dimension, they aren’t cheap. So [meisterodin1981] decided …read more Continue reading 3D Navigator for Blender
If you think of IBM mainframe computers, you most likely are thinking of the iconic S/360 or the slightly newer S/370. But what about the 7070 from 1958? It had …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The IBM 7070
You walk into your house and issue a voice command to bring up the lights and start a cup of coffee. No big deal, right? Siri, Google, and Alexa can …read more Continue reading Retrogadgets: Butler in a Box
You can’t read the news today without another pundit excitedly reporting how AI is going to take every job you can imagine. Of course, AI will change the employment landscape. …read more Continue reading Tech Support… Can AI be Worse?
We can learn a lot by looking at how writers and filmmakers imagine technology. While some are closer than others, there are some definite lessons like never make a killer …read more Continue reading Fictional Computers: Colossus and Guardian
How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: TOPS Runs the 1970s British Railroad
When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or …read more Continue reading 3D Printing with (Ersatz) Moon Dust