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Having molten aluminium interact with atmospheric water forms a source of hydrogen which can be rather problematic if you’re trying to cast aluminium parts. As the molten metal cools down, …read more Continue reading Growing Aluminium-Copper Alloy Crystals Using Hydrogen
Throughout the centuries the art of lock-making and lock-picking have been trapped in a constant struggle, with basic lock designs being replaced by ever more complex ones that seek to …read more Continue reading Making the Most Pick-Proof Lock Yet
Nuclear batteries are pretty simple devices that are conceptually rather similar to photovoltaic (PV) solar, just using the radiation from a radioisotope rather than solar radiation. It’s also possible to …read more Continue reading DIY Nuclear Battery with PV Cells and Tritium
Generally when a game console with an optical drive stops reading discs the first thing that people do is crank on the potentiometer that controls the power to the laser …read more Continue reading Fixing a GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors
Although modern-day silvered glass mirrors have pretty much destroyed the market for bronze mirrors, these highly polished pieces of metal once were the pinnacle of mirror technology. Due to the …read more Continue reading Making a Bronze Mirror From Scratch
That boiling water is a contentious topic of discussion is clear, but what about hot air? When you take a 12 VDC, 280 Watt-rated air fryer and pit it against …read more Continue reading Comparing 12 VDC Air Fryers with Regular 240 VAC Ones
It’s fair to say that there are a lot of development board form factors for MCUs, with [Tech Dregs] over on yonder YouTube on the verge of adding another one …read more Continue reading Do We Really Need Another Development Board?
Although we have many types of networking equipment with many unique names, at their core they can usually be reduced to just a computer with some specific peripherals. This is …read more Continue reading Trying to Build Your Own Consumer-Grade Router in 2026
Recently [Jeff Geerling] has been tinkering with FireWire in order to use some older gear, which includes the use of a Raspberry Pi HAT called the Firehat. This provides a …read more Continue reading Cooking a Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT With Backfeeding
Although toasters should be among the most boring appliances in a household – with perhaps just a focus on making their toasting more deterministic rather than somewhere between ‘still frozen’ …read more Continue reading DOOM on a Fancy Smart Toaster