G-Wagen overland pickup is a well-oiled weekend adventure machine

California-based Mercedes-Benz G-Class customizer Pit26 Motorsports has created what it calls its most off-road-capable truck yet. It transforms Mercedes’ venerable 4×4 into a high-riding, stretched pickup fully outfitted for choose-your-own-adventure … Continue reading G-Wagen overland pickup is a well-oiled weekend adventure machine

Review: Roadie 3 motorized multi-tool for stringed instruments

After completing its third successful Kickstarter, Band Industries started shipping the Roadie 3 – a kind of electronic multi-tool for string pickers – out to backers in November 2020. As with the previous generations, we got sent one to try.Continue R… Continue reading Review: Roadie 3 motorized multi-tool for stringed instruments

FM Radio from Scratch using an Arduino

Building radio receivers from scratch is still a popular project since it can be done largely with off-the-shelf discrete components and a wire long enough for the bands that the radio will receive. That’s good enough for AM radio, anyway, but you’ll need to try this DIY FM receiver if …read more

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