Collaborate Disseminate
CRTs don’t last forever, and neither do the electronics that drive them. When you have a screen starting to go wonky, then you need a way to troubleshoot which is …read more Continue reading Test Pattern Generator for SCART and RGB TVs
Let’s face it, nobody likes scrubbing, but what option do you have? You can’t exactly break out the grinder to clean off the remains of last nights dinner… right? Well, …read more Continue reading Dirty Pots, Meet Power Tools!
As the sun sets on Windows 10 support, many venues online decry the tsunami of e-waste Windows 11’s nonsensical hardware requirements are expected to create. Still more will offer advice: …read more Continue reading Think You Need a New PC for Windows 11? Think Again
Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs had their vacuums drawn with Sprengel …read more Continue reading Oil-Based Sprengel Pump Really Sucks
When Deluxe Paint came out with the original Amiga in 1985, it was the killer app for the platform. [Christopher Drum] starts his recent article on just that note, remembering …read more Continue reading Reviewing Deluxe Paint, 40 Years On
Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct. For his 10″ reflector, [Carl Anderson] once again …read more Continue reading A 10″ Telescope, Because You Only Live Once
If you have a CNC router, you know you can engrave just about any text with the right tool, but Jointly is a typeface that isn’t meant to be engraved. …read more Continue reading Jointly is a Typeface Designed for CNC Joinery
Off to the races? Formula One races, that is. This project by [mazur8888] uses an ESP32 to keep track of the sport, and display a “live” dashboard on a 2.9″ …read more Continue reading Off To the Races With ESP32 and eInk
As the saying goes, “if it can’t be grown, it has to be mined”– but what about all the metals that have already been wrested from the bosom of the …read more Continue reading e-Waste and Waste Oil Combine to Make Silver
Every school child can tell you these days that Mars is red because it’s rusty. The silicate rock of the martian crust and regolith is very rich in iron oxide. …read more Continue reading Aussie Researchers Say They Can Bring The Iron Age to Mars