Collaborate Disseminate
If you’re writing a screenplay or novel, there will likely be points along the way at which you can’t get enough encouragement from friends and family. While kind words are …read more Continue reading Fireball-Flinging Figurine Feeds Fiction
Introduced in 1984, the Psion Organiser series defined the first generation of electronic organizers or PDAs (personal digital assistants). Even though these devices are now over 30 years old, the …read more Continue reading Arduino Nano Adds USB Interface to the Psion Organiser II
For as simple as it appears now, Space Invaders was one machine from the Golden Age of video games that always seemed to have a long line waiting for a …read more Continue reading Arduino and an OLED Make This Space Invaders Cabinet Tiny
One of the problems with a classic Turing machine is the tape must be infinitely long. [Mark’s] Turing Ring still doesn’t have an infinite tape, but it does make it …read more Continue reading Turing Ring is Compact
You know, we were just discussing weird and/or obsolete audio formats in the writers’ dungeon the other day. (By the way, have you ever bought anything on DAT or MiniDisc?) …read more Continue reading Bluetooth Record Player Puts a New Spin On Vinyl
Student and hacker [prusteen] recently fell in love with the Pomodoro method of time management. That’s where you concentrate on your task for 25 minutes, then take a five-minute break, …read more Continue reading World’s Cutest Pomodoro Timer Is Also a Clock
Among the plethora of obsolete removable media there are some which are lamented, but it can be difficult to find those who regret the passing of the floppy disk. These …read more Continue reading Arduino Nano Floppy Emulator For When Your Disk Is Not Accessible
With the world opening up again, [Niklas Roy] and [Kati Hyyppä] have been busy making a public and collaborative project. Meet the Vektor Kollektor, a portable drawing machine experience, complete …read more Continue reading Vektor Kollektor Inspector
We never did crack open our Etch-a-Sketch, but we did scrape out a window large enough to really check out the mechanism inside. [MrLangford] is bringing the Etch-a-Sketch into the …read more Continue reading RGB LED Matrix Helps Etch-a-Sketch Scratch Out a 21st Century Existence
Like us, [Alberto] doesn’t compromise when it comes to a good cup of coffee. We figure that if he went to an office in the Before Times, he was the …read more Continue reading Why Make Coffee When You’re Tired? Let a Robot Do It for You