Collaborate Disseminate
In the late 2010s, the Ender 3 printers were arguably the most popular line of 3D printers worldwide, and for good reason. They combined simplicity and reliability in a package …read more Continue reading Improved 3D Printer Cannibalizes Two Older Printers
The creator of infinite vertical scrolling in social media, [Aza Raskin], infamously regrets his creation that has helped to waste a tremendous amount of human attention and time on the …read more Continue reading infinityTerminal Brings Infinite Horizontal Scrolling
The Zune might have joined the portable media player game too late to ever really be competition for the iPod, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t pick up some devoted …read more Continue reading Bringing Bluetooth to the Zune
Although now mostly known as a company who cornered the market on graphing calculators while only updating them once a decade or so, there was a time when Texas Instruments …read more Continue reading UNIX for a Legacy TI
As the old saying goes, when the only tool you have is a 6 DOF industrial robotic arm, every problem looks like an opportunity to make it serve up adult …read more Continue reading Robot Bartender Is The Life of the Party
Although ham radio offers a wide array of bands to transmit on, not to mention plenty of modes to communicate with, not everyone wants or needs to use all of …read more Continue reading A Ham-Adjacent Portable Radio Repeater
For RC aircraft there are generally legal restrictions that require the craft to stay within line of sight of the operator, but an RC boat or car can in theory …read more Continue reading Solar-Powered RC Boat Has Unlimited Range
Repairing vintage computers is bread-and-butter for many of us around here. The machines themselves tend to be fairly fixable, assuming spare parts are available and there hasn’t been too much …read more Continue reading Restoring a Vintage Computer And Its Plotter
There’s always some debate around what style of architecture is best for certain computing applications, with some on the RISC side citing performance per watt and some on the CISC …read more Continue reading Computer Has One Instruction, Many Transistors
Building a computer on a breadboard is a seminal project for many builders, but it can become complicated quite quickly, not to mention that all the parts needed for a …read more Continue reading A Breadboard Computer in Three Chips