Collaborate Disseminate
Extremophile lifeforms on Earth are capable of rather astounding feats, with the secret behind the extreme radiation resistance of one of them now finally teased out by researchers. As one …read more Continue reading Bacterium Demonstrates Extreme Radiation Resistance Courtesy of an Antioxidant
With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions raised about the unpopulated M.2 pad and related traces hiding inside. As it turns out, with the …read more Continue reading Enabling NVMe on the Raspberry Pi 500 With a Handful of Parts
If you ever wanted to dive into the source code for the 1980s space game Elite, but didn’t want to invest many hours reverse-engineering the 6502 assembly code, then [Mark Moxon]’s …read more Continue reading Documented Source Code for Elite on the C64, BBC Micro and Others
One of the major reasons why using Linux on a desktop system is unsuitable for many is due to the lack of Linux support for many major applications, including Autodesk …read more Continue reading Running Fusion 360 on Linux with Wine
Who wouldn’t want to have a scanning electron microscope (SEM)? If you’re the person behind the ProjectsInFlight channel on YouTube, you certainly do. In a recent video it’s explained how he …read more Continue reading Saving an Electron Microscope from the Trash
Google’s Chromecast was first released in 2013, with a more sophisticated follow-up in 2015, which saw itself joined by the Chromecast Audio dongle. The device went through an additional two …read more Continue reading A Look Back at Google’s 2015 Chromecast
Hobbyist 3D printers have traditionally run the open source Merlin firmware, but as printers are being pushed to the limits, more capable firmware Klipper are being developed. This is why …read more Continue reading Danger-Klipper Fork Renamed to Kalico
The cable car system of San Francisco is the last manually operated cable car system in the world, with three of the original twenty-three lines still operating today. With these …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: 1980s Restoration of San Francisco’s Cable Car System
In the world of transportation, some technologies may seem to make everything else appear obsolete, whether it concerns airplanes, magnetic levitation or propelling vehicles and craft over a cushion of …read more Continue reading The Hovercraft Revolution and Finding the Right Niche for a Technology
When we look at how everyone’s favorite flying dinosaurs get around, we can see that although they use their wings a lot too, their legs are at least as important. …read more Continue reading Flying Drones That Can Walk and Jump into the Air: An Idea With Legs?