Collaborate Disseminate
Sometimes you’re looking for a component for a project that you know should exist, but you just cannot find it. Something like a 14-segment LED display, but not just one …read more Continue reading Designing a Compact RGB 14-Segment Display
Airport runways seem pretty simple, just another strip of asphalt or concrete not unlike the roads that our cars drive upon every day. We can even use these same highways …read more Continue reading The Complex Engineering of Runways
A common sight in ‘smart homes’, door sensors allow you to detect whether a door is closed or open, enabling the triggering of specific events. Unfortunately, most solutions for these …read more Continue reading Making a Hidden Door Status Sensor
As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a challenge. Although playing chess on a …read more Continue reading Building a Self-Playing Chess Board Robot
After Qualcomm’s purchase of Arduino it has left many wondering what market its new Uno Q board is trying to target. Taking the ongoing RAM-pocalypse as inspiration, [Bringus Studios] made …read more Continue reading Gaming on an Arduino Uno Q in Linux
If you are to believe the glossy marketing campaigns about ‘quantum computing’, then we are on the cusp of a computing revolution, yet back in the real world things look …read more Continue reading Why Haven’t Quantum Computers Factored 21 Yet?
Although generally iPads tend to keep their resale value, there are a few exceptions, such as when you find yourself burdened with iCloud-locked devices. Instead of tossing these out as …read more Continue reading Upcycling an iPad into a Touchscreen Display for your PC
Sometimes you just know that you have the best ever idea for a hardware product, to the point that you’re willing to quit your job and make said product a …read more Continue reading Lessons Learned After a Head-First Dive Into Hardware Manufacturing
One of the constants in consumer electronics is that designers will try to put as many features into a single device as possible, whether it’s a Walkman with a radio …read more Continue reading Kodak MC3: Everything But a Phone In 2001
Earlier this year Donut Lab caused quite the furore when they unveiled what they claimed was the world’s first production-ready solid state battery, featuring some pretty stellar specifications. Since then …read more Continue reading Investigating the Science Claims Behind the Donut Solid State Battery