Collaborate Disseminate
iButtons are microchips housed in small, round, metal containers, and are similar to coin cell batteries in appearance. Among other things, they’re used for logging data in industrial contexts, particularly …read more Continue reading A More Convenient iButton Reader
How do you measure the inside of a cave? You could do a bunch of hard work with classic surveying gear… or you could just use a laser scanner. [9nl] …read more Continue reading Laser Scanning A Cave With Homebrew Gear
There are lots of different ways to build a clock. [Sciter_] came into the possession of some old calculator parts, and decided to reuse them for just such a project. …read more Continue reading VFD Clock Runs on a Single AA
The train was one of the game-changing inventions that defined the Industrial Age. No more would humanity rely on tempestuous animals to haul goods and passengers great distances across the …read more Continue reading The Trains With Rubber Tires
These days, most of us are fortunate enough to use smartphones with decent touchscreen keyboard capabilities. However, once upon a time, if you wanted to type something on a phone, …read more Continue reading A T9 Keyboard For Your Smartphone
Some municipalities implement bike counters on cycling routes in order to monitor traffic. [nullpxl] recently investigated how these counters work, and explored methods that can be used to trick the …read more Continue reading Tricking a Bike Counter
How fast can you count to a million? It would probably take you a while. A computer could certainly do it faster. Indeed, the The National Museum of Computing figured …read more Continue reading Making Old Computers Count To A Million
The Epson HX-20 is sometimes referred to as an early laptop computer. It’s a little odd in its form factor, and in its storage, relying on a microcassette drive to …read more Continue reading Epson HX-20 Gets A Drive Upgrade
The cool thing about cyberdecks is that you get to design them to suit your personal tastes. [NickZero] wanted an ultra-minimal build, and set about putting together just that. The …read more Continue reading Making An Ultra Minimal Cyberdeck
We feature a lot of fun projects with LEDs and lasers and all kinds of light effects going on. Most of these are very digital. However, there are a great …read more Continue reading Creating Beautiful Light Shows With Soap