Collaborate Disseminate
AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvantages. It’s difficult to control the speed without complex electronics, …read more Continue reading AC Motor Converted into DC eBike Powerplant
Windsurfing has experienced a major decline in popularity in the last few decades as the sport’s culture failed to cater to beginners at the same time that experienced riders largely …read more Continue reading Old Windsurfers Become New Electric Surfboards
The line between a Linux user and a Linux power user is a bit gray, and a bit wide. Most people who install Linux already have more computer literacy than …read more Continue reading A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS to Work
Living without standard utility hookups like electricity, Internet, water, and sewer comes with a whole host of challenges, all of which are most commonly solved by spending lots of money. …read more Continue reading High-Tech Trailer Brings Water Home
Unlike Texas Instruments, whose graphing calculators have famously not made technological improvements in decades despite keeping the same price tag, HP has made a few more modern graphing calculators in …read more Continue reading Graphing Calculator Gets USB-C Upgrade
Besides being a fun way to pass time, video gaming is a surprisingly affordable hobby per unit time. A console or budget PC might only cost a few hundred dollars, …read more Continue reading Super Mario 64, Now With Microtransactions
An old joke in physics is that of the “spherical cow”, poking fun at some of the assumptions physicists make when tackling a new problem. Making the problem simple like …read more Continue reading Bicycle Tows 15,000 Pounds
In the 1980s there were an incredible number of personal computers of all shapes, sizes, and operating system types, and there was very little interoperability. Unlike today’s Windows-Mac duopoly, this …read more Continue reading FPGA Dev Kit Unofficially Brings MSX Standard Back
Before DOOM would run on any computing system ever produced, and indeed before it even ran on its first computer, the game that would run on any computer of the …read more Continue reading Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer
For various reasons, crypto mining has fallen to the wayside in recent years. Partially because it was never useful other than as a speculative investment and partially because other speculative …read more Continue reading A Steam Machine Clone For An Indeterminate but Possibly Low Cost