Collaborate Disseminate
Looking back on the trajectory leading to Project Apollo and the resulting Moon missions, one can be forgiven for thinking that this was a strict and well-defined plan that was …read more Continue reading The Advanced Project Gemini Concepts That Could Have Been
The Nintendo 64 was an amazing video game console, and alongside consoles like the Sony PlayStation, helped herald in the era of 3D games. That said, it was new hardware, …read more Continue reading Why Super Mario 64 Wastes So Much Memory
Recently the [Our Own Devices] YouTube channel took a gander at the Tefifon audio format. This was an audio format that competed with shellac and vinyl records from the 1930s …read more Continue reading Tefifon: Germany’s Tape-Shaped Record Format
There’s a dizzying number of specialist 3D printing materials out there, some of which do try to offer an alternative to PLA, PA6, ABS, etc., while others are happy to …read more Continue reading PVDF: the Specialized Filament for Chemical and Moisture Resistance
Having a charger installed at home for your electric car is very convenient, not only for the obvious home charging, but also for having scheduling and other features built-in. Sadly, …read more Continue reading JuiceBox Rescue: Freeing Tethered EV Chargers From Corporate Overlords
Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing …read more Continue reading Google Will Require Developer Verification Even for Sideloading
Neutrinos are exceedingly common in the Universe, with billions of them zipping around us throughout the day from a variety of sources. Due to their extremely low mass and no …read more Continue reading Confirmation of Record 220 PeV Cosmic Neutrino Hit on Earth
The best part about post-mortem teardowns of electronics is when you discover some unusual design features, whether or not these are related to the original fault. In the case of …read more Continue reading Very Efficient APFC Circuit in Faulty Industrial 960 Watt Power Supply
It could be argued that erasable programmable ROMs (EPROMs) with their quaint UV-transparent windows are firmly obsolete today in an era of various flavors of EEPROMs. Yet many of these …read more Continue reading Dealing With the 1970s EPROM Chaos in 2025
To connect the miniature world of integrated circuits like a CPU with the outside world, a number of physical connections have to be made. Although this may seem straightforward, these …read more Continue reading How Intel’s 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up and Metastability