Collaborate Disseminate
Hackers love random numbers, or more accurately, the pursuit of them. It turns out that computers are so good at following our exacting instructions that they are largely incapable of …read more Continue reading Random Number Generator is a Blast from the Past
Nixie tubes come in many shapes and sizes, but in only one color: the warm orange glow that makes them so desirable. They don’t usually come in large numbers, either: …read more Continue reading [Dalibor Farný]’s Enormous Nixies Light Up Contemporary Art Museum
There are some technologies first imagined in the Star Trek universe have already come to exist in the modern day. Communicators, tablet computers, and computer voice recognition are nearly as …read more Continue reading Conductive Gel Has Potential
There are plenty of SPI interface screens on the market, but few of them have the charm of the good old Nixie tube. [Tony] decided to whip up a simple …read more Continue reading Nixie Display Module Is Addressable Via SPI
The Nixie tube is one of the most popular display technologies amongst the hacker and maker set. Glowing numerals can warm even the coldest heart, particularly when they’re energized with …read more Continue reading 2022 Sci-Fi Contest: Nixie Calculator is Resplendent in Walnut Enclosure
Building a clock from parts is a right of passage for makers, and often represents a sensible introduction into the world of electronics. It’s also hard to beat the warm …read more Continue reading Upcycled Nixie Clock Fit For A Friend
The future we know today looks very different than the one envisioned in the 60s and 70s. For starters, it has far too few Nixie tubes. An oversight [nixiebunny] wants …read more Continue reading Retro Future Nixie Corvair Instrument Panel
We don’t often get a Tips line submission where the “Subject” line auto-translates as “Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi”, linking to a short video by [Yasunari Industries] (embedded below). For many, it …read more Continue reading Relay-Driven Nixie Clock Gets You To Stop Scrolling
Generating random numbers might seem like a trivial task, that is until the numbers need to be truly random for cryptography or security reasons. When that’s the case, it turns …read more Continue reading Dice Rolls From the Beginning of Time
People keep warning that Skynet and the great robot uprising is not that far away, what with all this recent AI and machine-learning malarky getting all the attention lately. But …read more Continue reading AI Powered Coffee Maker Knows A Bit Too Much About You