Collaborate Disseminate
IBM Selectric typewriters have a lot of unique parts that can be tricky to source, but one we didn’t think of was the clear acrylic(?) dust covers, that are apparently …read more Continue reading Clear Resin Casting Replicates Old Acrylic for Selectric Repair
After all the crashing and burning of Imperial Germany’s Zeppelins in the later part of WWI – once the Brits managed to build interceptors that could hit their lofty altitude, …read more Continue reading The “Tin Blimp” Was a Neither Tin Nor a Blimp: The Detroit ZMC-2 Story
When Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered, it created a bit of a kerfuffle when it was reported it had a couple-percent chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. At …read more Continue reading The Moon is Safe, For Now: No Collision in 2032 After All
A long winter has a way of making a lot of us northerners a little bit squirrly. In [Build N Pulsejets]’s case, squirly enough to mount a home-made propane-powered pulse-jet …read more Continue reading Pulse Jet Ski Chases the Winter Blues Away
You’ve got to be ambitious to target a legend. If there’s one thing the folks at Hermeus Aerospace are, though, it’s ambitious: not only do they plan on their Quarterhorse …read more Continue reading Quarterhorse vs Blackbird: Hermeus’ Flight Puts them One Step Closer to Record
Depending who you ask, 3D pens are silly toys or handy tools. Those who use them as tools find them handy to fill gaps in printed assemblies or to use …read more Continue reading DIY 3D Pen is Born To Weld
It’s one thing to create your own relay-based computer; that’s already impressive enough, but what really makes [DiPDoT]’s design special– at least after this latest video— is swapping the SRAM …read more Continue reading Capacitor Memory Makes Homebrew Relay Computer Historically Plausible
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There’s just something delightful about scaled items. Big things shrunk down, like LEGO’s teeny tiny terminal brick? Delightful. Taking that terminal brick and scaling it back to a full-sized computer? …read more Continue reading LEGO Space Computer Made Full Size, 47 Years On
Disposable vapes aren’t quite the problem/resource stream they once were, with many jurisdictions moving to ban the absurdly wasteful little devices, but there are still a lot of slightly-smelly lithium …read more Continue reading Vape-powered Car Isn’t Just Blowing Smoke
You may or may not be reading this on a smartphone, but odds are that even if you aren’t, you own one. Well, possess one, anyway — it’s debatable if …read more Continue reading Neither Android nor iOS: DIY Smartphone Runs on ESP32!