The Bluetooth SIG recently released the core specification for version 6.0 of Bluetooth. Compared to 5.x, it contains a number...
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Printed circuit boards are typically only something you’d find in a digital watch. However, as demonstrates, you can put them...
Do you know Morse code already? Or are you maybe trying to learn so you can be an old school...
We’re guessing most readers can cite things from their youth which gave them an interest in technology, and spurred on...
wanted to clone some model car raceway track and realised that by scanning the profile section of the track with...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia leveraged an unusual discovery into ultra-black material made from wood. The deep, dark...
wanted an Everything Presence Lite kite but found it was always out of stock. Therefore, he decided to create his...
For those of us who lived through the early 8-bit computing revolution — the tail end, in our case —...
For decades, the magnetic stripe has been ubiquitous on everything from credit cards to tickets to ID badges. But the...
We’ve all got our favorite hand tools, and while the selection criteria are usually pretty subjective, it usually boils down...
North Korea is one of the most isolated and secretive countries in the world. Its 26 million residents are cut...
In today’s value-engineered world, getting a decade of service out of a cordless tool is pretty impressive. By that point...
Everyone likes a good lunar landing simulator, and wrote a fun take on the idea: your goal is to write...
Entangled photons are an ideal choice for large-scale networks employing quantum encryption or similar, as photons can use fiber-optical cables...
Remember when dead batteries were something you’d just toss in the trash? Those days are long gone, thankfully, and rechargeable...
Although the designation ‘Air Force One’ is now commonly known to refer to the airplane used by the President of...
One of the most sought after substances in the Universe is water – especially in its liquid form – as...
Fluke meters have been around for a long, long time. Heck, we’ve got a Fluke 73 that we bought back...
You might think of the smartwatch era as beginning with Apple, relatively recently. Or, you might think back to those...
The good old fashioned game of football used to be a simple affair. Two teams of eleven, plus a few...
It’s said that “Golf is a good walk spoiled,” so is attaching an amateur radio to a bike a formula for spoiling...
Ever played poker over FT8? YouTuber Steve McGrane, KM9G (@temporarilyoffline), and his friends at the YouTube channel Coffee and Ham...
Imagine for a moment you're a ham radio enthusiast, alone at night, idly working your way through the radio spectrum when you...
We’ve all been there. You left your Walkman at home and only have your trusty Game Boy. You want to...
On our travels round the hardware world we’ve encountered more than one group pursuing the goal of making their own...
