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Neutrinos are exceedingly common in the Universe, with billions of them zipping around us throughout the day from a variety ...
There are few computing collapses more spectacular than the downfall of Commodore, but its rise as a home computer powerhouse ...
We can understand why shaderacademy.com chose that name over “the shady school,” but whatever they call it, if you are ...
When someone hacks together a digital camera with a Raspberry Pi, the limiting factor for serious photography is usually the ...
The Bendix G-15 refurbished by [David at Usagi Electric] is well known as the oldest fully operational digital computer in ...
Even in the early days of the Cold War, it quickly became apparent that simply having hundreds or even thousands of nuclear ...
The best part about post-mortem teardowns of electronics is when you discover some unusual design features, whether or not ...
Ever ruin a perfectly serviceable piece of toast by trying (and failing) to spread a little pat of rock-solid butter? [John Dingley] doesn’t! Not since he created the Butta Melta to cozily ...
We often marvel at the many things a 555 can do. But [Zafer Yildiz] shows us that it can even take the place of a PCB. You’ll ...
Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s ...
As hardware ages, it becomes harder and harder to keep it in service. Whether that’s because of physical aging or lack of support from the company who built it in the first place, time is not… ...
Servo8bit is a library for AVR microcontrollers that allows you to drive servo motors without the need for a 16-bit timer. Obviously, this is quite useful for smaller chips that only have 8-bit tim… ...