When was the last time you saw a computer actually outlast your weekend trip – and then some? Enter the...
Hackaday
Sick of raiding old TVs and CRT monitors for flyback transformers to feed your high-voltage addiction? Never fear; if you’re...
There’s something cool about the visual design language used in the aviation world. You probably don’t get much exposure to...
Despite the best efforts of the RepRap community over the last twenty years, self-replicating 3D printers have remained a stubbornly...
The ESP32 series of microprocessors with their cheap high-power cores and built-in wireless networking have brought us a wide variety...
One of the first things that an amateur radio operator is likely to do once receiving their license is grab...
If we asked you to name Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention, you would doubtless say “the telephone”; it’s probably the...
If you paid attention to advertising in 1980s Britain, you were never far from Economy 7. It was the magic...
Over on his YouTube channel explains biasing transistors with current sources in the 29th video of his Transistors Series. In...
The advantage of a radio-controlled clock that receives the time signal from WWVB is that you never have to set...
While most hams and hackers have at least heard of Heathkit, most people don’t know the strange origin story of...
While ham radio operators have been embracing digital mobile radio (DMR), the equipment is most often bought since — at...
GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are and what time it is....
If you build electronics, you will eventually need a coil. If you spend any time winding one, you are almost...
A tornado can be an awe-inspiring sight, but it can also flip your car, trash your house, and otherwise injure...
Although there are plenty of methods for effectively imaging a 3D space, LiDAR is widely regarded as one of the...
You don’t see them as often as you used to, but it used to be common to see “electronics trainers”...
Bears! Are they scared of massive arcs that rip through the air, making a lot of noise in the process?...
The Vectrex console from the early 1980s holds a special place in retrocomputing lore thanks to its vector display —...
If you made something blink, and now it’s time for you to make something move, something like a point-to-a-satellite tracker...
Fake WiFi repeater with a cheap real one behind it. (Credit: Big Clive, YouTube) Over the years we have seen...
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...
If you ever wished electrons would just behave, this one’s for you. A team from Tohoku, Osaka, and Manchester Universities...
We know how feels. In the 1980s we had a bewildering array of oddball gadgets and exciting new tech. But...
