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The Decisioninator Decides Dinner, Saves Marriage

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Tyler August

For something non-explosive, this might be the most American project we’ve featured in a while. [Makerinator]’s domestic bliss was apparently threatened by the question “what shall we have for dinner”– …read more Continue reading The Decisioninator Decides Dinner, Saves Marriage→

Posted in arcade cabinet, Decision Making, dye sublimation, laser cut, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 4

TFINER is an Atompunk Solar Sail Lookalike

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Tyler August
Figure 7-8, caption: Example thrust sheet rotation using tether control. Credit: NASA/James Bickford.

It’s not every day we hear of a new space propulsion method. Even rarer to hear of one that actually seems halfway practical. Yet that’s what we have in the …read more Continue reading TFINER is an Atompunk Solar Sail Lookalike→

Posted in nasa, NASA NIAC, radioisotope, Space, Space Propulsion

One Camera Mule to Rule Them All

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Tyler August

A mule isn’t just a four-legged hybrid created of a union betwixt Donkey and Horse; in our circles, it’s much more likely to mean a testbed device you hang various …read more Continue reading One Camera Mule to Rule Them All→

Posted in digital cameras hacks, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry pi camera, Raspberry Pi HQ camera, test mule

The Case for Pascal, 55 Years On

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Tyler August
Screenshot of Lazarus IDE on MacOS Ventura

The first version of Pascal was released by the prolific [Niklaus Wirth] back in 1970. That’s 55 years ago, an eternity in the world of computing. Does anyone still use …read more Continue reading The Case for Pascal, 55 Years On→

Posted in free pascal, Pascal, software development

Phonenstien Flips Broken Samsung Into QWERTY Slider

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Tyler August

The phone ecosystem these days is horribly boring compared to the innovation of a couple decades back. Your options include flat rectangles, and flat rectangles that fold in half and …read more Continue reading Phonenstien Flips Broken Samsung Into QWERTY Slider→

Posted in android phone, blackberry keyboard, Cellphone Hacks, q10, Samsung zFold

Tiny Datasette Uses USB For the Modern Day

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Tyler August

While you can still find tape being used for backup storage, it’s pretty safe to say that the humble audio cassette is about as out of date as a media …read more Continue reading Tiny Datasette Uses USB For the Modern Day→

Posted in datasette, FSK, mini casette, retrocomputing

Worlds Largest Neutrino Detector Is Collecting Data In China

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Tyler August
A worker inspects JUNO's acrylic sphere under the watching eye of PMTs

To say that neutrinos aren’t the easiest particles to study would be a bit of an understatement. Outside of dark matter, there’s not much in particle physics that is as …read more Continue reading Worlds Largest Neutrino Detector Is Collecting Data In China→

Posted in neutrinos, News, Science | Tagged Particle physics

This Soviet-Style Clock Uses Homemade Nixie Tubes and Glowing Logic

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Tyler August

The Neon glow of a Nixie tube makes for an attractive clock, but that’s not enough neon for some people. [Changliang Li] is apparently one of those people, because he’s …read more Continue reading This Soviet-Style Clock Uses Homemade Nixie Tubes and Glowing Logic→

Posted in clock hacks, MTX-90, nixie clock, retro nixie clock, thyratron

The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Tyler August
[Linus] playing his instrument

While we have nothing against other 1980s 8-bit machines, the Commodore 64 has always been something special. A case in point: another new instrument using the C-64 and its beloved …read more Continue reading The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart→

Posted in c64, commodore, musical hacks, retrocomputing, theremin

No Die? No Problem: RealDice.org Has You Covered

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Tyler August

Have you ever been out and about and needed to make a check against INT, WIS or CON but not had a die handy? Sure, you could use an app …read more Continue reading No Die? No Problem: RealDice.org Has You Covered→

Posted in dice roller, dice spinner, DND, games, random

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