The Vectrex console from the early 1980s holds a special place in retrocomputing lore thanks to its vector display —...
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These days we don’t get too fussed about miniaturized electronics, not when you can put an entire processor and analog...
The sun is our planet’s source of natural illumination, and though we’ve mastered making artificial light sources, it remains extremely...
We know how feels. In the 1980s we had a bewildering array of oddball gadgets and exciting new tech. But...
had a problem—namely, running low on the brass material typically used for making PCB stencils. Thankfully, a replacement material was...
made an interesting observation. Old-style rotary phones were made to last and made for service. Why? Because you didn’t own...
Perhaps every gardener to attempt to grow a tomato, lettuce, or bean has had to contend with animals trying to...
Something that you generally don’t expect as a North-America-based enthusiast, is to listen in on Russian military communications during their...
In the decade or more since small inexpensive Linux-capable single board computers such as the Raspberry Pi came to the...
Apple likes magnets. They started out with magnetic laptop chargers and then graduated to a system that magnetically holds the...
It is easy to forget that many technology juggernauts weren’t always the only game in town. Ethernet seems ubiquitous today,...
has been exploring the sounds beyond what we can hear, recording ultrasound and pitching it down. He made a short...
The many YouTube workshop channels make for compelling viewing. even if their hackiness from a Hackaday viewpoint is sometimes variable....
When you see a ventriloquist like , you probably expect to see him with a puppet. This time – spoilers...
These days, turn-by-turn GPS navigation isn’t considered special anymore. It’s in every smartphone and most cheap rental cars, and thus...
Screen Rant reports of an upcoming film set to portray the late Art Bell and his radio show Coast to...
When considering our favorite spy movies and kin that involve deep-sea diving, we’d generally expect to see some high-end watch...
recently wrote in to share his experiments with using the LimeSDR mini to conduct a bit of piracy on the...
The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the...
The piece of copper wire moments before getting vaporized by 4,000 joules. (Credit: Hyperspace Pirate, Youtube) In lieu of high-explosives,...
Most of us first spot them as children—the white lines in the blue sky that are the telltale sign of...
When it comes to hacking niches, breathing new life into vintage devices is always an exciting challenge. ’s recent project...
These days, anything with copper in it is expensive. If you doubt that, a walk into any Home Depot electrical...
Modern remote control (RC) radios are capable of incredible range, but they’re still only made for line-of-sight use. What if...
In ham radio, we often use Handie-Talkie or HT to describe a compact, handheld transceiver. My first exposure to the term Handie-Talkie was when...
