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Want your next project to trash talk? Dynamically rewrite boring log messages as sci-fi technobabble? Happily (or grudgingly) answer questions? Doing that sort of thing and more can be done …read more Continue reading Natural Language AI in Your Next Project? It’s Easier Than You Think
Ever heard of the KENBAK-1? Recognized as the first personal computer, created by John Blankenbaker and sold in 1971 in comparatively small numbers, it’s now a piece of history. But …read more Continue reading Web Emulator For The Kenbak-1 Computer (If You’ve Heard Of It)
[Nervous System] sells a variety of unique products, and we really appreciate the effort they put into sharing elements of their design and manufacturing processes. This time, it’s details of …read more Continue reading This Spherical Lamp’s Pieces Ship Flat, Thanks to Math
[Nathanial Hendler]’s Apple2Idiot expansion card for the Apple II family of computers is a nifty mix of modern and vintage, and provides a clever means of allowing the host computer …read more Continue reading APPLE2IDIOT Expansion Card Lets Your Apple II (Sort Of) Access the Internet
Some people look at a venerable resource like resistor color code charts and see something tried and true, but to [Andrew Jeddeloh], there’s room for improvement. A search for a …read more Continue reading Re-imagining the Resistor Color Code Cheat Sheet
Most of us think of keyboards — even vintage ones — as being fairly standardized and interchangeable, but that isn’t the case for the IBM PCjr. Its keyboard was quite …read more Continue reading IBM PCjr Types Again, Thanks to KeybJr
We make the tools we need, and that’s definitely the case with [Marco Schulte]’s laptop stand. It slots not one, not two, but three laptops at once. For all their …read more Continue reading DIY Laptop Stand: Why Stop at One When You Can Slot Three?
One may think that when it comes to 3D printing, slicing software is pretty much a solved problem. Take a 3D model, slice it into flat layers equal to layer …read more Continue reading A Universal, Non-planar Slicer for 3D Printing is Worth Thinking About
[Nick Poole] has an interesting idea for a new tool, one that has the simple goal of making accurate part counts of SMT reels as easy as pulling tape through …read more Continue reading SMT Part Counter Aims to Ease Taking Inventory
Input devices consisting of optical readers for punched paper tape have been around since the earliest days of computing, so why stop now? [Jürgen]’s Paper Tape Reader project connects to …read more Continue reading Paper Tape Reader Self-calibrates, Speaks USB