If you run a large meteorology bureau, then you probably have access to a wonderful weather radar for scrying the...
Hackaday
“You can’t control what you can’t measure” goes the old chestnut. But that’s a little bit negative, in my opinion....
Sometimes that retro gaming itch strikes, and you just have to source components for a Pentium 4 build, like did...
Since the first V2 rocket sailed above the Kármán line back in 1944 and right up until the modern era,...
The standard computer mouse is a perfectly useful peripheral if your hands work. If you’ve got some trouble in that area, you...
We enjoyed trip down memory lane looking at a BASIC game, The Wizard’s Castle, written for the Exidy Sorcerer. It...
For as long as humans have had writing, there’s been a need to send secret messages. It is easy to...
In order to not hit something, you generally need to know where that thing is. On land, the meager human...
Launched in 2014, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft completed its primary asteroid sample return mission all the way back in 2020. But...
In the previous installment on UDP broadcasting and service discovery, the basics of both were explored, including an implementation in...
is not just a calculator superfan, but also a skilled builder. That much is evident in the fabulous design of Calcumator...
Come next year, those looking to explore the globe virtually via Google Earth will have to do so on their...
Some breaking news from geostationary orbit, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that its newest Geostationary...
There are a lot of ESP32-based development boards out there– and why not? It’s a versatile chip that can be...
Back in the days when an integrated circuit meant a simple but expensive device such as a 741 or a...
Along with the many displays of outrage, gnashing of teeth and other displays of profound grief at the recent news...
In the early 1990s, Don’t Copy That Floppy was an anti-piracy campaign that attempted to connect with computer-savvy youth through...
Cheap vehicles are thin on the ground in 2026, but thinks he has the answer for low-speed applications with an...
Watching ’s build of a handheld 486-based gaming computer, we got to thinking about retro computers and the eternal questions...
How old is the seven-segment display? Surely it is a product of the 1970s. After all, calculators started showing up,...
A clock is by its very nature a device for measuring time, and thus it moves forward at a constant...
We know, we know. Despite being called ESP32-Plane-Radar, this project from isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round...
Among the many forgotten might-have-beens of the games console world, the Atari Jaguar occupies a special place. It was the...
For some reason there’s heated debate around the topic of whether high current carrying wiring ought to use crimped or...
We’re all used to satellite navigation systems such as GPS or GLONASS, sheer magic in which the combination of a...
