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The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction anymore. Once a rite of passage for electronics hobbyists, the classic coil-on-an-oatmeal-carton and cat’s whisker design just …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t
At this point in the tech dystopia cycle, it’s no surprise that the initial purchase price of a piece of technology is likely not the last payment you’ll make. Almost …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: Subscription EV Charger Becomes Standalone, Briefly
What color are the street lights in your town? While an unfortunate few still suffer under one of the awful colors offered by vapor discharge lamps, like the pink or …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: The Case of the Curiously Colored Streetlights
[Wendy] asked a very good question. Could putting liquid resin into an ultrasonic cleaner help degas it? Would it help remove bubbles, resulting in a cleaner pour and nicer end …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin?
Caveat emptor is good advice in general, but in the wilds of eBay, being careful with what you buy could be life-saving. To wit, we present [Les Wright]’s teardown and …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: A Potentially Lethal Tattoo Removal Laser Power Supply
[Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the snow keeps falling. If you’re sick of shoveling the driveway and the walk and you …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t
Remember LED cubes? We sure do — they were all the rage for a while, and then it seemed like everyone just sort of lost interest in them. There are …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: PCB LED Cube Fails Successfully
How hard can it be to kill a flash drive? Judging by the look of defeat on [Walker]’s face in the video below, pretty darn hard. To bring you up …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: This Flash Drive Will NOT Self-Destruct in Five Seconds
A lot of what real engineering is all about is designing to the limits of your materials, with a healthy margin for error. On the other hand, seat-of-the-pants engineering often …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: Car Starter Motors Aren’t the Best Fit for eBikes
If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL for six long years from [Aaron Eiche]’s life as he worked on perfecting and making …read more Continue reading Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project