Collaborate Disseminate
Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. …read more Continue reading All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
The revival in film photography has brought a range of specialist films to tempt the experimenter, as well as increased the popularity of loading your own cartridges. But perforating the …read more Continue reading This Machine Makes 35mm (Almost) Film
The progression of the web browser from a tool for simple static information browsing into a do-everything computing environment has been inexorable, with package after package making the jump. Today …read more Continue reading It’s GNU Radio Companion, But in the Browser
Netbooks were a class of tiny laptops which hit their peak over a decade ago, with the idea being that you could use the Internet and do your computing on …read more Continue reading Old iPad Keyboard Makes For a Modern Netbook
The earliest all-electronic computers used vacuum tubes, and most of us will know about machines such as ENIAC or Colossus. Vast machines that required the budget of a country at …read more Continue reading A Vacuum Tube Computer For The Home
LLMs remain a divisive topic in these times. Perhaps we all know someone who’s become over-infatuated with their new robotic friend, or who believes it has made them a genius. …read more Continue reading How To Talk To A Machine Without Anthropomorphising It
The history of European space exploration is a long and distinguished one, with many decades and whole families of launch vehicles. It might therefore come as a surprise that despite …read more Continue reading The First Spacecraft Launched To Orbit From Europe
It’s said that a teenager given a rotary telephone in 2026 would be mystified by its operation, yet there are enough surviving instruments for them to be an attractive target …read more Continue reading Free Your Rotary Telephone From Its Wire
As the calendar turns a leaf into September, Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for our weekly look at all things Hackaday. In the news, our retrocomputing competition is …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Ep 385: 3D Printers with Lasers, Wicked RAM Prices, and Reverse Polish Notation
With artificial intelligence being the bête noir of the moment, there are some projects using it which maybe don’t bring much to the table. So it’s nice to see one …read more Continue reading The Birds Outside, Drawn For You Automatically