It’s something of a shock to be reminded that Microsoft’s Windows 95 is now 30 years old — but the PC operating system that ...

In our modern semi-dystopia, it seems like most companies add automation features to their products to lock them down and get ...

Paul McCabe] wrote in to let us know about his $25 robot. This small wheeled robot is based on an ESP32 and made using ...

If you want to work with radioactive material, a cheap Geiger counter isn’t really what you want. According to [Project 326], ...

In a recent write-up, [David Delony] explains how he built a Wolfram Mathematica-like engine with Python. Core to the system is SymPy for symbolic math support. [David] said being able to work ...

While we use a lot of CAD tools, many of us are fans of Tinkercad — especially for working with kids or just doing something quick. But many people dislike having to work across the Internet ...

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...

It’s just about all we can think about over here: the week leading up to the 2025 Superconference. From what we hear, it’s ...

It’s rather amazing how many electronic components you can buy right now are not quite the genuine parts that they are sold ...

Finely powdered aluminium can make almost anything more pyrotechnically interesting, from fireworks to machine shop cleanups – even ceramics, as [Degree of Freedom] discovered. He was ...

When we first saw [DiPDoT’s] homebrew computer, we thought it was an Altair 8800. But, no. While it has a very familiar front panel, the working parts are all based on relays. While it ...

One of the problems with being engaged in our hobby or profession is that people assume if you can build a computer out of chips, you must know all the details of their latest laptop computer. Most of ...