Collaborate Disseminate
While talking computers are old hat today, in 1978, a talking toy like the Speak and Spell was the height of novel tech. [Kevin] found a vintage one, but it …read more Continue reading Silent Speak and Spell Gets Its Voice Back
There are a ton of Bluetooth speakers on the market. Just about none of them have any user-serviceable components or replacement parts available. When they break, they’re dead and gone, …read more Continue reading Teufel Introduces an Open Source Bluetooth Speaker
For home HVAC systems, heat pumps seem to be the way of the future. When compared to electric heating they can be three to four times more efficient, and they …read more Continue reading Arduino Saves Heat Pump
Over on his YouTube channel our hacker [CircuitValley] repairs an old TDS8000 scope. The TDS8000 was manufactured by Tektronix circa 2001 and was also marketed as the CSA8000 Communications Signal …read more Continue reading Repairing an Old Tektronix TDS8000 Scope
A bicycle is perhaps one of the most repairable pieces of equipment one can own — no matter what’s wrong with it, and wherever you are on the planet, you’ll …read more Continue reading A Bicycle is Abandonware Now? Clever Hack Rescues Dead Light
Earlier this year, I bought one of those K40-style laser machines that was listed at a ridiculously low price, and it arrived broken. Well, let me qualify that: the laser …read more Continue reading Biting Off More Than I Can Chew
The proliferation of affordable lithium batteries has made modern life convenient in a way we could only imagine in the 80s when everything was powered by squadrons of AAs, or …read more Continue reading Have Li-ion Batteries Gone Too Far?
We used to say that fixing something was easier than bringing up a design for the first time. After all, the thing you are fixing, presumably, worked at one time …read more Continue reading Repairing a 1955 Classic Radio
Shortwave radio has a charm all its own: part history, part mystery, and a whole lot of tech nostalgia. The Hallicrafters S-53A is a prime example of mid-century engineering, but …read more Continue reading Shortwave Resurrection: A Sticky Switch Fix on a Hallicrafters
The toaster is a somewhat modest appliance that is often ignored until it stops working. Many cheap examples are not made to be easily repaired, but [Kasey Hou] designed a …read more Continue reading Flat Pack Toaster Heats Up the Right to Repair