Collaborate Disseminate
In lieu of high-explosives, an exploding wire circuit can make for an interesting substitute. As [Hyperspace Pirate] demonstrates in a recent video, the act of pumping a lot of current …read more Continue reading Making Wire Explode With 4,000 Joules of Energy
Perhaps one of the most fascinating aspects of any developing tech scandal is the way that the target company handles criticism and feedback from the community. After announcing a new …read more Continue reading Bambu Lab Tries to Clarify Its New “Beta” Authentication Scheme
Hot on the heels of Bambu Lab’s announcement that it would be locking down all network access to its X1-series 3D printers with new firmware, the X.509 certificate and private …read more Continue reading Bambu Connect’s Authentication X.509 Certificate and Private Key Extracted
Recently a video surfaced from someone claiming that certain USB-to-Ethernet dongles contained ‘malware’ among other big claims. Basically these dongles were said to be designed by China (and Russia) to …read more Continue reading Investigating USB-to-Ethernet Dongles With “Malware” Claims
As per a recent Bambu Lab blog post, its FDM printers in the X1 series will soon receive a firmware update that adds mandatory authentication for certain operations, starting with …read more Continue reading New Bambu Lab Firmware Update Adds Mandatory Authorization Control System
Dumpster diving is one of those experiences that can net you some pretty cool gear for a reasonable price. Case in point the 24″ Samsung S24E650XW LCD monitor that [MisterHW] …read more Continue reading Repairing a Samsung 24″ LCD Monitor With Funky Color Issues
Throughout evolution, the concept of powered flight has evolved and refined itself multiple times across both dinosaurs (birds), mammals (bats) and insects. So why is it that our human-made flying …read more Continue reading Avian-Inspired Drones: How Studying Birds of Prey Brings More Efficient Drones Closer
The Display/Keyboard unit – DSKY for short – is the primary way that Apollo-era astronauts communicated with the onboard computers. Not all DSKYs ended up in space, however, with the …read more Continue reading Repairing a Real (and Broken) Apollo-era DSKY
It’s a well-known fact that anti-ferromagnetic materials are called that way because they cannot be magnetized, not even in the presence of a very strong external magnetic field. The randomized …read more Continue reading Selectively Magnetizing an Anti-Ferromagnet With Terahertz Laser
Recently the 29.8 meter parabolic antenna at the Australian OTC (overseas telecommunications commission) station came back to life again after nearly forty years spent in decommissioning limbo. This parabolic dish …read more Continue reading Carnarvon’s Decommissioned NASA Satellite Dish Back In Service After 40 Years