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Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool hardware hacks. We don’t get to see many mechanical reverse-engineering efforts, though, which …read more Continue reading Hackable Ham Radio Gives Up Its Mechanical Secrets
Electricity flow is generally invisible, silent, and not something that most humans want to touch, so understanding how charge moves around can be fairly unintuitive at first. There are plenty …read more Continue reading Modeling Home Heating Systems With Circuit Simulation Software
Batman is a compelling superhero for enough reasons that he’s been a cultural force for the better part of a century. His story has complex characters, interesting explorations of morality, …read more Continue reading RC Batwing Actually Flies
As far as model construction sets go, LEGO is by far the most popular brand for building not only pre-planned models but whatever the builder can imagine. There are a …read more Continue reading An Enigma Machine Built in Meccano
“There goes the neighborhood” isn’t a phrase to be thrown about lightly, but when they build a police station next door to your house, you know things are about to …read more Continue reading AI System Drops a Dime on Noisy Neighbors
If you’re currently living outside of a Spanish-speaking country, it’s possible you’ve only heard of the music genre Reggaeton in passing, if at all. In places with large Spanish populations, …read more Continue reading Reggaeton-Be-Gone Disconnects Obnoxious Bluetooth Speakers
Next time you roll your eyes at a weather forecast that got it wrong, just remember that predicting the weather is one of the most complex problems in science. Now, Google has put AI to work as a weatherman, and shown that in just one minute on a singl… Continue reading Google’s AI beats supercomputers for fast, accurate weather forecasts
Guitar effects have come a long way from the jangly, unaltered sounds of the 1950s when rock and roll started picking up steam. Starting in large part with [Jimi Hendrix] …read more Continue reading Modeling A Guitar for Circuit Simulation
If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos and build details will show off how he constructed one for a kid’s …read more Continue reading Making a Kid-Scale Apollo 11 Lunar Lander
Generative AI is the new thing right now, proving to be a useful tool both for professional programmers, writers of high school essays and all kinds of other applications in …read more Continue reading 3D Design With Text-Based AI