Collaborate Disseminate
Portability has been a goal of a sizable section of the computing world for many decades now. While the obvious products of this are laptops, there are a number of …read more Continue reading Satellite Internet On 80s Hardware
Before the digital age, when transistors were expensive, unreliable, and/or nonexistent, engineers had to use other tricks to do things that we take for granted nowadays. Motor positioning, for example, …read more Continue reading Investigating Electromagnetic Magic in Obsolete Machines
For better or worse, the fundamental design of guitars has remained familiar since they electrified around a century ago. A few strings, a fretboard, and a body of some sort …read more Continue reading Cyberbass Brings Bass Guitar To Modern Era
Ignoring the International Cycling Union‘s mostly arbitrary rules for what a bicycle is “supposed” to look like (at least if you want to race), there are actually reasons that the …read more Continue reading Bicycle Adds Reliability With Second Chain
When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted by the satellite provided they had …read more Continue reading Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957
Around two years ago, the world was inundated with news about how generative AI or large language models would revolutionize the world. At the time it was easy to get …read more Continue reading Preventing AI Plagiarism With .ASS Subtitling
One of the more popular activities in the ham radio world is DXing, which is attempting to communicate with radio stations as far away as possible. There are some feats …read more Continue reading Making the Longest-Distance Radio Contact Possible
The moon is a popular target for ham radio operators to bounce signals since it’s fairly large and follows a predictable path. There are some downsides, though; it’s not always …read more Continue reading Bouncing Signals off of Satellites Other than the Moon
Vehicle alternators are interesting beasts. Produced on a massive scale, these electric machines are available for a minimum of cost and contain all kinds of great parts: some power electronics …read more Continue reading Bosch Starter Motor Freed From Mercedes Prison
One of the major limitations of 3D printers is the size of the printable area. The robotic arm holding the printer head can only print where it can reach, after …read more Continue reading Small Print Bed? No Problem!