Collaborate Disseminate
Nerf blasters are fun and all, but they’re limited by the fact they have to be safe for children to play with. [Flasutie] faced no such restrictions when building his …read more Continue reading Building a Hydrogen-Powered Foam Dart Cannon
Keyboards! They’ve been almost universally made out of plastic since the dawn of the microcomputer era. Meanwhile, wood is a rather desirable material and it lends itself rather well to …read more Continue reading Producing An Exquisite Wooden Keyboard
TVs used to be round, and the GE M935AWL is a great example of that. [bandersentv] found one of these ancient sets, but found it had a “cataract”—a large ugly …read more Continue reading Cataract Surgery For An Old TV
Volumetric displays are simply cool. Throw some LEDs together, take advantage of persistence of vision, and you’ve really got something. [Nick Electronics] shows us how its done with his neat …read more Continue reading Small Volumetric Lamp Spins at 6000 RPM
If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in the ground facilities of a satellite TV operation, you could go banging on the doors or your local station. You’d probably get …read more Continue reading A Look Inside A Canadian Satellite TV Facility
Even in the advanced world of 2024, robots are still better in science fiction than in reality. Star Trek gave us the erudite and refined Data, Rogue One gave us the fierce yet funny …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Cuddly Companion Bots
Your phone or laptop will give you access to the vast majority of news in the world, in languages you can read and a few hundred you can’t. Maybe you …read more Continue reading Compact Dedicated News Reader Always Brings You CBC
The annoying thing about commercial smart home gear is its lack of interoperability. HomeAssistant is very flexible though, and it’s easy to use all kinds of gear—even stuff you bodge …read more Continue reading Interfacing Old Burglar Alarm Sensors Into HomeAssistant
The Quansheng UV-K5 is a popular handheld radio. It’s useful out of the box, but also cherished for its modification potential. [OM0ET] purchased one of these capable VHF/UHF radios, but …read more Continue reading Turning a Quansheng Handheld Into A Neat Desktop Transceiver
Computers were supposed to be personal, customizable, and cool. At times, in this cold modern world, we forget that. However, the cyberdeck scene is chock full of people building creative, …read more Continue reading The Woodworker’s Cyberdeck