Collaborate Disseminate
When the World Wide Web surged into existence during the 1990s, we were introduced to the problem of how to actually find something in this ever-ballooning construction zone that easily …read more Continue reading How Search Engines Enabled Finding Needles in a WWW-Sized Haystack
Although 1999 might still feel like yesterday for some of us, in the world of technology the intervening years are practically an eternity. New websites, applications and devices pop up …read more Continue reading Remembering the Tech We Lost With a Virtual Graveyard
Electroplating 3D prints is a good way to get a pretty nice coating on even a basic PLA part, but generally you’re expected to dunk the entire part into a …read more Continue reading Electroplating 3D Prints Without Requiring a Big Vat
In a recent video by the [Chornobyl Family] it’s shown how they made the SKALA status display which was featured at the recent 40-year memorial exhibition of the Chornobyl Nuclear …read more Continue reading Building a Working Replica of the Chernobyl Power Plant’s SKALA Display
Sure, you can buy a portable monitor off your favorite e-tailer, but with perfectly fine displays in devices like laptops being tossed out every single day, why not repurpose those …read more Continue reading Turning a Junk Laptop Screen Into a Portable Monitor
These days wireless microcontrollers featuring built-in WiFi and Bluetooth are all the rage, with Espressif’s range of ESP32 MCUs being the default option for commercial and hobbyist projects alike. This …read more Continue reading Qualcomm’s New QCC74x Appears to Target the ESP32 MCUs
Although Windows CE doesn’t use the NT kernel, it’s similarly designed to run on a wide variety of system architectures. Since the Nintendo 64 uses a MIPS CPU it should …read more Continue reading Running Windows CE on the Nintendo 64
For the few people who have spent the past weeks living under a security rock, the Linux kernel has found itself the subject of multiple severe bugs in the form …read more Continue reading After Stumbling From CVE to CVE Will Linux get a Kill Switch?
Cotton candy is probably the best way to eat pure sugar, which makes having your very own cotton candy vending machine to automate making it a bit of a dream. …read more Continue reading Fixing a Cotton Candy Vending Machine
Most people love window shades, but many dislike the tedium of having to open and close them over the course of each day. While there are automation options here, if …read more Continue reading Automating Window Shades With Home Assistant