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There’s a mystique in old keyboard circles around the IBM Model M, the granddaddy of PC keyboards with those famous buckling spring key switches. The original Model M was a …read more Continue reading An IBM M2 Keyboard Lives Again
If you ever encounter a British engineer of a certain age, the chances are that even if they use a modern DMM they’ll have a big boxy multimeter in their …read more Continue reading A Vintage AC Bridge Teardown
Fusion power has long held the promise of delivering near-endless energy without as many unfortunate side effects as nuclear fission. But despite huge investment and some fascinating science, the old …read more Continue reading Can We Ever Achieve Fusion Power?
There’s a pleasing retro analogue experience to shooting Super 8 film, giving as it does the feel of a 1970s home movie to your work. But once you’ve had the …read more Continue reading 8MM Digitization For Anyone
It’s common enough for integrated circuits to be available from a range of different suppliers, either as licensed clones, or as reverse-engineered proprietary silicon. In the case of a generic …read more Continue reading A Previously Unknown Supplier For A Classic Chip
Now the eyes of space explorers are turned once more towards the Moon, there are a whole host of new engineering challenges facing engineers working on lunar missions. One such …read more Continue reading LEGO Bricks: Now Out Of This World
If you take public transport in many of the world’s cities, your ticket will be an NFC card which you scan to gain access to the train or bus. These …read more Continue reading As Cheap As Chips: The MiFare Ultra Light Gets A Closer Look
One of the joys of the UK’s Electromagnetic Field hacker camp lies in the junk table, where trash turns to treasure in the blink of an eye. This year I …read more Continue reading The Amstrad E-m@iler, The Right Product With The Wrong Business Model
If you don’t happen to have a traditional stone-floored domed clay oven on hand, it can be surprisingly challenging to make a pizza that’s truly excellent. Your domestic oven does …read more Continue reading The SpinMeister, For a Perfect Pizza Every Time!
Sometimes it’s the most straightforward of hacks which are also the most satisfying, and so it is that we’d like to draw your attention to [mikeandmertle]’s PVC thumb nuts. They …read more Continue reading Thumb Nuts For Not a Lot