Over the decades there have been many denominations coined to classify computer systems, usually when they got used in different...
Hackaday
There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the solid thunk of Bakelite, the warm...
Satellite imagery is in the news right now, but not all satellite constellations are the preserve of governments. Satellogic operates...
had a problem—namely, running low on the brass material typically used for making PCB stencils. Thankfully, a replacement material was...
We’ve all seen the ads. Some offer “free” solar panels. Others promise nearly free energy if you just purchase a...
S/Sgt Betty Vine-Stevens, Washington DC, May 1945. On 31 March of this year we had to bid farewell to Charlotte...
Somewhere between the period of 1999 and 2007 a plague swept through the world, devastating lives and businesses. Identified by...
Modern e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle are incredible pieces of engineering, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for...
Despite a general lack of real-world experience, many teenagers are overly confident in their opinions, often to the point of...
Radio waves travel fast, and they can bounce, too. If you are able to operate a 25-meter dish, a transmitter,...
There have been several attempts to make an unencumbered version of Windows. ReactOS is perhaps the best-known, although you could...
When the AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, its expected lifespan was about five years. The...
made an interesting observation. Old-style rotary phones were made to last and made for service. Why? Because you didn’t own...
How do you get images downlinked from 30 km up? Hams might guess SSTV — slow scan TV — and...
LEDs are getting smaller and smaller, and the newest generations of indexable RGB LEDs are even fiddlier to use than...
Recently there was a panicked scrambling after the announcement by of a ‘backdoor’ found in Espressif’s popular ESP32 MCUs. Specifically...
built one of those cheap automatic antenna tuners you see everywhere — this one scaled up to 350 watt capability....
Perhaps every gardener to attempt to grow a tomato, lettuce, or bean has had to contend with animals trying to...
The proliferation of affordable lithium batteries has made modern life convenient in a way we could only imagine in the...
Proof-of-concept of the inductive coupling transmitter with the 12V version of the circuitry (Credit: Hyperspace Pirate, YouTube) Everyone loves wireless...
There’s been a lot of buzz about Meshtastic lately, and with good reason. The low-power LoRa-based network has a ton...
If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander’s first look at the solar eclipse as it began to emerge from its Mare Crisium landing...
In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it...
We used to say that fixing something was easier than bringing up a design for the first time. After all,...
