Collaborate Disseminate
The video cassette tape was really the first successful home video format; discs just couldn’t compete back in the early days. That’s not to say nobody tried, however, with RCA’s …read more Continue reading How A Failed Video Format Spawned A New Kind of Microscope
[Noisy Electrons] is a maker who also likes to keep fish. He sometimes needs to travel and keep his fish fed in the meantime, so he created an automated solution …read more Continue reading Automatic Feeder Keeps Fish Sated
A few weeks back, we reported on a research group that figured out how to measure heartrate using perturbations in WiFi signals. [Nick Bild] was interested in this so-called “Pulse-Fi” …read more Continue reading Heart Rate Measurement via WiFi, The DIY Way
Generally, a digital TV tuner is something you buy rather than something you make yourself. However, [Johann] has always been quite passionate about the various DVB transmission standards, and decided …read more Continue reading Building Your Own DVB-S2 Receiver
Imagine trying to balance a heavy metal ball bearing on a cafeteria tray. It’s not the easiest thing in the world! In fact, it’s perhaps a task better automated, as …read more Continue reading Robot Balances Ball On A Plate
You can read e-books on just about anything—your tablet, your smartphone, or even your PC. However, the interface can be lacking somewhat compared to a traditional book—on a computer, you …read more Continue reading This Device Is A Real Page Turner
Miniaturization is a trend that comes and goes in the cellular phone space. For a while, our phones were all getting smaller, then they started getting bigger again as screens …read more Continue reading iPhone Air Still Apparently Repairable Despite Its Compact Construction
Check (or cheques) have long been a standard way for moving money from one bank account to another. They’re essentially little more than a codified document that puts the necessary …read more Continue reading Death of the Cheque: Australia Moves On
Radiation is a bad thing that we don’t want to be exposed to, or so the conventional wisdom goes. We’re most familiar with it in the context of industrial risks …read more Continue reading Food Irradiation Is Not As Bad As It Sounds
Automotive headlights started out burning acetylene, before regular electric lightbulbs made them obsolete. In due time, halogen bulbs took over, before the industry began to explore even newer technologies like …read more Continue reading How Laser Headlights Died In The US