Automated Brewing
There’s little more to making alcoholic beverages than sugar, water, yeast, and time. Of course those with more refined or less utilitarian tastes may want to invest a bit more …read more Continue reading Automated Brewing
Author Archives: Bryan Cockfield
VIC-20 Gets ISA Slot, Networking
There are few computing collapses more spectacular than the downfall of Commodore, but its rise as a home computer powerhouse in the early 80s was equally impressive. Driven initially by …read more Continue reading VIC-20 Gets ISA Slot, Networking
Pong Cloned by Neural Network
Although not the first video game ever produced, Pong was the first to achieve commercial success and has had a tremendous influence on our culture as a whole. In Pong’s …read more Continue reading Pong Cloned by Neural Network
Back to the 90s on Real Hardware
As the march of time continues on, it becomes harder and harder to play older video games on hardware. Part of this is because the original hardware itself wears out, …read more Continue reading Back to the 90s on Real Hardware
Web Dashboard for Zephyr
Over time, web browsers have accumulated a ton of features beyond what anyone from the 90s might have imagined, from an application platform to file management and even to hardware …read more Continue reading Web Dashboard for Zephyr
Converting a Sprinkler System to DC
Famously, Nikola Tesla won the War of the Currents in the early days of electrification because his AC system could use transformers to minimize losses for long distance circuits. That …read more Continue reading Converting a Sprinkler System to DC
A Repeater for WWVB
For those living in the continental US who, for whatever reason, don’t have access to an NTP server or a GPS device, the next best way to make sure the …read more Continue reading A Repeater for WWVB
Real-Time Beamforming with Software-Defined Radio
It is perhaps humanity’s most defining trait that we are always striving to build things better, stronger, faster, or bigger than that which came before. Taller skyscrapers, longer bridges, and …read more Continue reading Real-Time Beamforming with Software-Defined Radio
The Tape Speed Keyboard
For those who experienced any part of the 1960s, even if it’s just experiencing the music from that era here in the future, the sound of the Mellotron is immediately …read more Continue reading The Tape Speed Keyboard
Open-Source, Flexible E-Reader
Although the most popular e-reader by far is the Kindle, some argue that its primary use isn’t even as an e-reader at all but rather as a storefront for one …read more Continue reading Open-Source, Flexible E-Reader