When last we saw [xoreaxeax], he had built a lens-less optical microscope that deduced the structure of a sample by recording ...

An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a ...

Before the refrigerator became a normal part of any kitchen, those with enough money to throw around could get an icebox, ...

Carbon fiber (CF) has attained somewhat of a near-mystical appeal in consumer marketing, with it being praised for being ...

Although jet engines are theoretically quite simple devices, in reality they tread a fine line between working as intended ...

If you are interested in historical big computers, you probably think of IBM, with maybe a little thought of Sperry Rand or, if you go smaller, HP, DEC, and companies like Data General. But you ...

Over the past years, the author of the cURL project, [Daniel Stenberg], has repeatedly complained about the increasingly poor ...

Bhaskar Das] has been tinkering with one of Nintendo’s more obscure handhelds, the DSi. The old-school console has been given a new job as part of an augmented reality app called ...

Today marks an auspicious anniversary which might have passed us by had it not been for [Diamond Geezer], who reminds us that ...

Although there are a few hobbies that have low-cost entry points, amateur astronomy is not generally among them. A tabletop Dobsonian might cost a few hundred dollars, and that is just the entry ...

If you’re reading this, you probably have some fondness for human-crafted language. After all, you’ve taken the time to ...

In [Big Clive]’s recent grab bag of tat ordered from Chinese commerce platforms, there were two touch light control boxes ...