Collaborate Disseminate
Film maker [David Greelish] wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers the life of the Apple Lisa. It starts …read more Continue reading Before Macintosh: The Story of the Apple Lisa
Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us about their submarine project. This sub is made from a few lengths of PVC piping of …read more Continue reading PVCSub: A Submarine from the Plumbing Aisle
[Pat Deegan] from Psychogenic Technologies shows us two KiCad tips to save a million clicks, and he made a video to support it, embedded below. In the same way that …read more Continue reading Improve Your KiCad Productivity With These Considered Shortcut Keys
Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and …read more Continue reading Building a Stirling Engine Bike
Feeling nostalgic? Weren’t around in the 90s but wonder what it was like? ProtoWeb has you covered! Over on his YouTube channel [RetroTech Chris] shows you how to browse the …read more Continue reading ProtoWeb: Browsing the Information Superhighway Like It’s 1995
Over on their substack [ObsoleteSony] has a new article: The Last Disc: How Blu-ray Won the War but Lost the Future. In this article the author takes us through the …read more Continue reading Blu-ray Won, But At What Cost?
[Jim Matthews] submitted their Ham Radio foxhunt transmitter project for the 2025 One Hertz Challenge. This is a clever Spartan build. In order to create a radio beacon for use …read more Continue reading 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Ham Radio Foxhunt Transmitter
[Jackson Studner] wrote in to let us know about his ESP32-based media server: Jcorp Nomad. This project uses a ESP32-S3 to create a WiFi hotspot you can connect to from …read more Continue reading Jcorp Nomad: ESP32-S3 Offline Media Server in a Thumbdrive
Over on YouTube, [Technology Connections] has a new video: Induction lamps: fluorescent lighting’s final form. This video is about a wireless fluorescent light which uses induction to transfer power from …read more Continue reading An Induction Lamp Made on the Same Principle as Ordinary Fluorescent Lamp
[Sylvain Fortin] recently wrote in to tell us about his Homebrew CPU Project, and the story behind this one is truly remarkable. He began working on this toy CPU back …read more Continue reading This Homebrew CPU Got Its Start in the 1990s