Film maker wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers...
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An Alabama man who has been on the run for 17 years was nabbed by U.S. Marshals Friday in southwest Florida. The...
Meme Appreciation Month is in full swing and will continue through August 15th. Entering its 5th year, 2025 celebrates year...
We take it for granted that we almost always have cell service, no matter where you go around town. But...
Predicting the future is a dangerous occupation. Few people can claim as much success as Arthur C. Clarke, the famous...
White LED bulbs are commonplace in households by now, mostly due to their low power usage and high reliability. Crank...
Do you ever get tired of stressing your neck looking for planes in the sky? Worry not! Here is a...
You think of op amps as amplifiers because, no kidding, it is right in the name. But just like some...
The US defense contractor Lockheed Martin said one of its F-35 stealth fighters sent classified data from Texas to a command center...
The 1970s saw a veritable goldrush to corner the home computer market, with Tandy’s Z80-powered TRS-80 probably one of the...
sent us this stunning multimeter she built as a gift for her mom. Dubbed the Mohmmeter — a playful nod...
GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are and what time it is....
A tornado can be an awe-inspiring sight, but it can also flip your car, trash your house, and otherwise injure...
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 —...
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,...
