Collaborate Disseminate
AI may not be the dire existential threat that many make it out to be. According to a new study, Large Language Models (LLMs) can only follow instructions, can’t develop new skills on their own and are inherently “controllable, predictable and safe,” w… Continue reading AI’s existential threat to humanity put under the microscope
When choosing a low-level language, it’s hard to beat the efficiency of Forth while also maintaining some amount of readability. There are open source options for the language which makes …read more Continue reading Go Forth With This Portable Programmer
The EDUC-8, a DIY minicomputer design that came out in “Electronics Australia” magazine, was almost the world’s first in August 1974. And it would have been tied for the world’s …read more Continue reading The World’s First DIY Minicomputer Was Almost Australian
Around this time last year, tech startup Sightful invited a thousand productivity pioneers to be the first to experience the Spacetop system, a laptop that uses AR glasses for a display. Now the updated and refined Gen 1 product has gone up for sale.Co… Continue reading AR laptop puts 100-inch virtual screen in front of your eyes
When life hands you a mysterious bit of vintage avionics, your best bet to identifying it might just be to get it in front of the biggest bunch of hardware …read more Continue reading Inside a Mystery Aerospace Computer with [Ken Shirriff]
Building a retro computer of some sort is a rite of passage for many of us, with some building replicas or restorations of old Commodores, Ataris, and other machines from …read more Continue reading Homebrew Computer from the Ground Up
The Q1 desktop microcomputer, the world’s first microcomputer that was uncovered in storage boxes by accident by cleaners at Kingston University in London, is going on the auction block at Heritage Auctions, along with a later version and a printer.Con… Continue reading World’s first microcomputer is up for auction right now
Cluvens’ 2024 model J20 Gatling Workstation has broken cover and it is both bigger and stronger than the first model. Most importantly, it offers a fully adjustable three-screen computer workstation (with attitude) for just USD $4200.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading $4200 Gatling Battlestation: Work in a multi-screen zero-gravity sphere
Silicon is so important for electronics and computing that it’s become synonymous with technology – even getting a valley named after it – but the stuff still has its flaws. Now, scientists have created a way to make super-pure silicon chips that could… Continue reading Super-pure silicon chips unlock next-generation computers
With the demands of modern computing, from video editing, streaming, and gaming, many of us will turn to a monitoring system of some point to keep tabs on CPU usage, …read more Continue reading Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter