Collaborate Disseminate
There are many ways to build your own Macintosh clone, and while the very latest models remain a little inaccessible, there are plenty of Intel-based so-called “Hackintoshes” which deliver an …read more Continue reading Probably The Cheapest Mac Emulation Hardware
Something that’s a bit of fun at hacker camps such as the recent EMF Camp is to bring along a wired phone and hook it up to the on-camp copper …read more Continue reading SIPing a Vintage Phone
If you are ever lucky enough to make the trip to Bilund in Denmark, home of LEGO, you can have your portrait taken and rendered in the plastic bricks as …read more Continue reading A LEGO CNC Pixel Art Generator
Lynn Conway, American engineer and computer scientist, passed away at the age of 86 from a heart condition on June 9th, at her Michigan home. Her work in the 1970s …read more Continue reading RIP Lynn Conway, Whose Work Gave Us VLSI And Much More
We all know that there’s a significant risk of receiving fake hardware when buying parts from less reputable sources. These counterfeit parts are usually a much cheaper component relabeled as …read more Continue reading How Good (Or Bad) Are Fake Power Semiconductors?
The entertainment systems in modern vehicles is akin to a small in-dash computer, and handles all manner of digital content. It probably also incorporates a radio, but increasingly that’s treated …read more Continue reading A 1940s Car Radio Receives Some Love
There was a time when a coffee vending machine was a relatively straightforward affair, with a basic microcontroller doing not much more than the mechanical sequencer it replaced. A modern …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Reverse Engineering Commercial Coffee Machines
If you follow the world of microcontrollers, then you’ll probably be familiar with the most recent crop of ten cent parts. They bring power and features previously the preserve of …read more Continue reading Comparing Those Ten Cent Microcontrollers
Now that the bottom end of the 3D printer market has been largely cleared of those garbage “Prusa i3 clone” models which used to infest it a few years ago, …read more Continue reading Can a Toy Printer Be Made Great?
The quality of available video production equipment has increased hugely as digital video and then high-definition equipment have entered the market. But there are still some components which are expensive, …read more Continue reading A Wireless Monitor Without Breaking The Bank