Occasionally, we get a tip for a project that is so compelling that we just have to write it up despite lacking details on ...

The Parcae—named after the Romans’ three fates—worked in groups of three and launched in a “dispenser” that carried the trio ...

I was fascinated by the idea of jet packs when I was a kid. They were sci-fi magic, and the idea that you could strap into an ...

For many people of a certain age, the DEC VAX was the first computer they ever used. They were everywhere, powerful for their ...

Is Totally a Thing Now When [coral-bells] posted her first build to r/mechanicalkeyboards, she likely felt some trepidation.

Which would you rather feel? The blast of a fire hose, or a cool, digital rain? That’s what we thought. Introducing Blue Rain ...

The range of materials suitable for even the cheapest laser cutter is part of what makes them such versatile and desirable ...

We’ve said it before: building one-offs is different from building at scale. Even on a small scale. There was a time when it was rare for a hobbyist to produce more than one of anything, but ...

Those of us familiar with PCB work would agree that anything that helps hold probes secure and hands-free to components, ...

In the world of large language models (LLMs) there tend to be relatively few upsets ever since OpenAI barged onto the scene ...

You can work with a part for many decades, and still learn something new about it. At least we can, and we don’t mind ...

USB-C eliminates proprietary barrel plug chargers that we’ve been using for laptops and myriads of other devices. It fights proprietary phone charger standards by explicitly making them non ...