Collaborate Disseminate
Taking a break from putting DOOM on devices that absolutely were never conceived for use as gaming devices, [Aaron Christophel] recently got enticed by some cheapo handheld gaming systems at …read more Continue reading Running DOOM on a Cheap 104-in-One Handheld
For most people the term ‘DNA sequencing’ probably brings to mind large, expensive laboratory equipment in sterile rooms, but over the past decades technological progress really has had its way …read more Continue reading Teardown of an Oxford Nanopore MinION DNA Sequencer
Recently thermal power stations have been in the news quite a bit, mostly in the context of them being throttled back or shut down due to the river water used …read more Continue reading The Physics of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool
As awesome as trebuchets are, the fact that medieval engineers didn’t create versions capable of launching supersonic projectiles is a bit of a bummer. Fortunately it’s possible to correct this …read more Continue reading Creating a Supersonic Trebuchet
Sometimes you see a project just staring at you with proverbial puppy dog eyes and you just cannot look away. In the case of a once rather nice Sony TV …read more Continue reading The Stages of Grief in Repairing a Trinitron Found in the Trash
It’s often claimed that wearable devices cannot have user-replaceable batteries or even be serviceable at all due to how compact and waterproof they must be, yet there are plenty of …read more Continue reading The Chinese Smart Glasses Proving that Smart Glasses can be Repairable
Paper as a substrate for electronic circuits is not very common, but promising for flexible circuits with low cost and easy recyclability. That said, paper is not an easy material …read more Continue reading High-Density Parchment Paper Papertronics with Laser-Carved Hydrophilic Channels
Having a fully automated cotton candy vending machine in your possession is a great thing, but not if you do not have full access to its software. With [Block’s Retro …read more Continue reading Hacking a $6000 Cotton Candy Machine to Fully Control It
When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s #4 reactor experienced an extreme criticality event on that infamous day in 1986, the resulting steam explosion and lack of any kind of containment …read more Continue reading Chernobyl’s Robots, or the Hackathon From Hell
Letting go is hard, especially when it concerns an irreplaceable space probe like the two Voyagers. Fortunately JPL engineers have managed to pull off a ‘big bang’ switch on Voyager …read more Continue reading NASA’s Just Prolonged Voyager 2’s Science Mission With a Big Bang