Collaborate Disseminate
The CAN bus, accessible through the OBD-II port, is the channel that holds all the secrets of the modern automobile. If you want to display those for your own perusal, …read more Continue reading ESP32 Used As Wireless CAN Bus Reader
Most of the time, if you’re looking for a MIDI controller, you’re going to end up with some kind of keyboard or a fancy button pad. The saxophone is an …read more Continue reading Turning a Saxophone Into a MIDI Controller
Engineers tend to worry about uptime, whether it’s at a corporate server farm or just our own little hobby servers at home. Every now and then, something will go wrong …read more Continue reading Australia’s Second Largest Telco Went Dark, And Chaos Reigned
Have you ever pulled into a car park with your favorite song blaring, only to lament the fact that the music cut out when you stopped the engine? Some modern …read more Continue reading Keeping a Mazda’s Radio On After The Engine Shuts Off
Halloween may have come and gone for another year, but we’re still finding neat spooky projects lurking out on the Interwebs. Case in point, the Ghost Detector 9000 from [Jules]. …read more Continue reading The Ghost Detector 9000 Is a Fun Spirit-Chasing Game
Turn signals in most of the world are mandated to be a flashing orange light, distinct from other bulbs on a vehicle. However, there has been a trend in the …read more Continue reading Building An Animated Turn Signal For The Mazda MX-5
Neutrinos are some of the most elusive particles that are well-known to science. These tiny subatomic particles have no electric charge and an extremely small mass, making them incredibly difficult …read more Continue reading Detecting Neutrinos, The Slippery Ghost Particles That Don’t Want To Interact
Imagine trying to read a 2000-year old scroll from an ancient civilization. Now imagine that scroll is rolled up, and in a delicate, charred, carbonized form, having been engulfed by …read more Continue reading 2000-Year Old Charred Manuscripts Reveal Their Secrets
Back in the old days, finding out your location on Earth was a pretty involved endeavor. You had to look at stars, use fancy gimballed equipment to track your motion, …read more Continue reading Fancy Gyroscopes Are Key To Radio-Free Navigation
What do you do when your dot matrix printer’s ribbon is torn to shreds after decades of use, and no new cartridges are available? You might like to attempt a …read more Continue reading Dot Matrix Printer Gets an Epson Ribbon Transplant