Collaborate Disseminate
Even though Texas Instruments were the first company to produce an integrated circuit and a microprocessor, their success as a company in the 60s and 70s was not guaranteed. At …read more Continue reading Upgrading At Least One Component of a TI Calculator
American prisons are strict about television use. Typically they’re only to be used with headphones, and their enclosures need to be transparent so they can’t be used to smuggle goods. …read more Continue reading Prison TV Gets Simple Speaker Mod
[Alfredo Cortellini] was perusing an antique shop in Bologna, and came across a nice example of a late 1950s timepiece, in the shape of a Solari Cifra 5 slave clock, …read more Continue reading A Solari Mechanical Digital Clock Hack With A Little Extra
The Nintendo Switch is a monstrously popular machine, and it’s had no difficulty raking in the bucks for the Japanese gaming giant, but there’s no denying that it’s technologically a …read more Continue reading Adding Wireless Charging to the Switch Lite
There’s plenty of debate about drop-in LED headlight bulbs, especially when they’re used with older reflector housings that were designed for halogen bulbs. Whether or not you personally feel the …read more Continue reading Exploring an Aftermarket LED Headlight Retrofit Kit
Last month we brought word of the IKEA VINDRIKTNING, a $12 USD air quality sensor that could easily be upgraded to log data over the network with the addition of …read more Continue reading Hacked IKEA Air Quality Sensor Gets Custom PCB
If you’re an automotive enthusiast of taste, you can’t stand the idea of fitting a janky aftermarket stereo into your nice, clean ride. Flashy, modern head units can spoil the …read more Continue reading How To Modify Your Car Stereo for Bluetooth or Aux-In
Even with more and more devices making the leap to USB-C, the Arduino Uno still proudly sports a comparatively ancient Type-B port. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that …read more Continue reading Clever PCB Brings Micro USB To The Arduino Uno
Chess is undoubtedly a game of the mind. Sadly, some of the nuances are lost when you play on a computer screen. When a game is tactile, it carries a different gravity. Look at a poker player shuffling chips, and …read more
Continue reading Print Chess Pieces, then Defeat the Chess-Playing Printer
Some hacks serve a critical need, while others are just for the challenge or fun of it. We suspect the latter was the real reason [David Buchanan] converted a first generation iPod Nano from its original 30 pin connector to …read more