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Exploring TapTo NFC Inegration On The MiSTer

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

[Ken] from the YouTube channel What’s Ken Making is back with another MiSTer video detailing the TapTo project and its integration into MiSTer. MiSTer, as some may recall, is a set of FPGA images and a …read more Continue reading Exploring TapTo NFC Inegration On The MiSTer→

Posted in Amiibo, c64, FPGA, games, MiSTER, retrocomputing, TapTo, TeensyROM | Tagged NFC

Archiving Data On Paper Using 2D Images

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

It seems like only yesterday we covered a project using QR codes to archive data on paper (OK, it was last Thursday), so here’s another way to do it, this …read more Continue reading Archiving Data On Paper Using 2D Images→

Posted in archiving, data coding, error correction, FEC, golay code, hamming distance, laser printer, QR code, scanner, software hacks

Taking Back The Internet With The Tildeverse

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

For many of us of a particular vintage, the internet blossomed in the ’90s with the invention of the Web and just a few years of development. Back then, we …read more Continue reading Taking Back The Internet With The Tildeverse→

Posted in Fediverse, gemini, gopher, internet hacks, Minecraft, minimalist, retro, retrocomputing, Tilde, Tildeverse, voip, WWW | Tagged Radio

Taking Back The Internet With The Tildeverse

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

For many of us of a particular vintage, the internet blossomed in the ’90s with the invention of the Web and just a few years of development. Back then, we …read more Continue reading Taking Back The Internet With The Tildeverse→

Posted in Fediverse, gemini, gopher, internet hacks, Minecraft, minimalist, retro, retrocomputing, Tilde, Tildeverse, voip, WWW | Tagged Radio

Create Custom Gridfinity Boxes Using Images Of Tools

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

We love it when a community grabs hold of an idea and runs wild with it despite obvious practicality issues. Gridfinity by YouTuber [Zach Freedman] is one of those concepts. …read more Continue reading Create Custom Gridfinity Boxes Using Images Of Tools→

Posted in 3d printed, 3d Printer hacks, Canny, gridfinity, opencv, software hacks

Building A Multi-Purpose Electrochemistry Device

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

We don’t get enough electrochemistry hacks on these pages, so here’s [Markus Bindhammer] of YouTube/Marb’s lab fame to give us a fix with their hand-built general-purpose electrochemistry device. The basic …read more Continue reading Building A Multi-Purpose Electrochemistry Device→

Posted in chemistry hacks, diy, electrochemistry, magnet stirrer, voltammetry

Hacking an NVIDIA CMP 170HX Crypto GPU for EM Sim Work

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

A few years back NVIDIA created a dedicated cryptocurrency mining GPU, the CMP 170HX. This was a heavily restricted version of its flagship A100 datacenter accelerator, using the same GA100 …read more Continue reading Hacking an NVIDIA CMP 170HX Crypto GPU for EM Sim Work→

Posted in crypto, etherium, Hardware, nvidia A100, simulation | Tagged Electromagnetic, NVIDIA

Why have Seven Segments When You Can Have 21?

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

IO user [monte] was pointed towards an 1898 display patent issued to a [George Mason] and liked the look of the ‘creepy’ font it defined. The layout used no less …read more Continue reading Why have Seven Segments When You Can Have 21?→

Posted in 21-segment, 3d printed, display, led, parts

DOOM on a Volumetric Display

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

There’s something magical about volumetric displays. They really need to be perceived in person, and no amount of static or video photography will ever do them justice. [AncientJames] has built …read more Continue reading DOOM on a Volumetric Display→

Posted in 3d, classic hacks, doom, games, volumetric, volumetric display

Building a DIY MSX Mega Cartridge

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Dave Rowntree

[Mike] from Leaded Solder has a soft spot for old computers, and a chance encounter with a friend sent them deep down the deep hole that is the world of …read more Continue reading Building a DIY MSX Mega Cartridge→

Posted in cartridge, mapper, msx, retrocomputing

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