Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve covered etch-a-sketch robots before, but usually they’re not quite as fast as [Every Flavor of Robot]’s “video” etch-a-sketch, capable of drawing a full portrait in as little as a …read more Continue reading Drawing Videos On An Etch-a-Sketch
Some of you may know there’s a version of UNIX for the Commodore Amiga, aptly called Amiga Unix or AMIX. There is an almost complete record of versions from 1.0 …read more Continue reading Lost Version of Amiga Unix Suddenly Reappears
If it’s summer in a warm, humid climate, bugs can be the bane of your existence. A natural solution is to place a passive bug zapper to catch bugs at …read more Continue reading Passive Bug Zapper Tracks Its Kill Count
Nearly all modern PCBs are designed with the help of EDA software, but not all of them. [ALTco] shows us the process of plotting out a board the old-fashioned way …read more Continue reading Making a PCB The Old-Fashioned Way
Most people take the Moon for granted, not considering its slow cycle where the sun gradually illuminates different parts of it. A recent project from [Karsten Mueller] helps you keep …read more Continue reading Put the Moon on Your Desk
Custom printed circuit boards have become more and more accessible to the average hobbyist over the last decade. But one problem still remains: your circuits will take at least a …read more Continue reading Using 3D Printers To Make Circuit Boards
As we learn more about all the nasty stuff floating in the air, it becomes more compelling to monitor the air for pollution levels. [Aleksei Tertychnyi] does just that with …read more Continue reading 2026 Green Powered Challenge: Solar-Powered Pollution Monitor
Itanium was once meant to be the next step in computing, to compete with the likes of IBM, Sun and DEC, but also for Intel to have an architecture that …read more Continue reading Itanium: the Great X86 Replacement that Never Was
Ever encountered a minor annoying bug in a video game? How about one dating back to 2018? Usually, you have no hope of fixing it, but this time is different. …read more Continue reading How One Line of TF2 Code Ruined This Simple Feature
Those who have worked on a hobby operating system for x86 will have interacted with its rather complex and confusing interrupt model. [Evalyn] shows us why and how to use …read more Continue reading FRED Comes to Hobby Operating Systems (and Linux)