The final second prototype flying. (Credit: Luke Maximo Bell, YouTube) The dream of fully powering everything from aircraft to cars...
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Although the Apple II range of computers were based around the 6502 processor, they could still run x86 software using...
There was an ideal of convergence, a long time ago, when one device would be all you need, digitally speaking....
There’s a well-known movie trope in which a hacker takes control of the traffic lights in a city, causing general...
The Space Race, that high-tech Cold War competition to see which global superpower could conquer the cosmos first, was such...
It’s no secret that Google really doesn’t like it that people are installing Android applications from any other source than...
The timer mechanism of the Vend-o-Vision. (Credit: SpaceTime Junction, YouTube) There was a time before portable TVs and personal media...
For many decades humankind has entertained the notion that we can maybe tweak the Earth’s atmosphere or biosphere in such...
In theory having a single device that combines the features of multiple dedicated devices is a great idea, saving a...
Ham Radio Enthusiasts Land U.S. Airlines With $8 Million Bill to Fix Faulty Equipment On Boeing 787s
Ham radio enthusiasts could be partly responsible for landing U.S. airlines with an $8 million bill to fix faulty equipment...
Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks...
Although not as reviled as the sound of nails on chalkboard, the sound of adhesive tape being peeled is quite...
A quiet shift over the last couple of decades in many places has been the disappearance of the traditional copper...
When it comes to electromagnetic waves, humans can really only directly perceive a very small part of the overall spectrum,...
An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to...
The following is a press release from Ham Radio Gizmos: New Comedy Podcast Tackles Ham Radio's "Gatekeeping Problem" With Humor...
powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969....
If you are a schoolkid of the right age, you can’t wait to lose a baby tooth. In many cultures,...
Calendar aging of NMC Li-ion cells at 50 ℃ at various SoCs. (Credit: Wiljan Vermeer, IEEE, 2021) With batteries being...
Back in March, a small aircraft in the UK lost engine power while coming in for a landing and crashed....
On November 14, 2025, we reported something no natural comet has ever demonstrated: a narrow-band absorption signature emitted by 3I/ATLAS at...
Higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere could harm radio communications by enhancing a disruptive effect in...
The following is a message from special event K2K organizer Caryn Eve Murray (KD2GUT): Special event station K2K will be...
I would like to share this song I heard by a German ham (Hartmut, DK4BE) who created this upbeat song with...
Any radio amateur will tell you about the spectre of TVI, of their transmissions being inadvertently demodulated by the smallest...
