At the recent 38C3 conference in Germany, someone gave a talk about sending TOSLINK digital audio over fiber optic networks ...

A few days later, it looks now like Prusa pulled the models of their own accord, because of their interpretation of the ...

If you read Japanese, you might have seen the book “Design and Implementation of Microkernels” by [Seiya Nuda]. An appendix covers how to write your own operating system for RISC-V in ...

Sheet metal is very easy to form, including the pressing in of intricate shapes with dies and a hydraulic press, but the dies themselves are slightly harder to come by. What if we could 3D print ...

Much has been written about the demise of physical media. Long considered the measure of technological progress in ...

Having a good set of (working) headlights is a crucial feature of any motor vehicle, assuming you want to be able to see the road ahead of you when there’s a lack of sunshine. Headlights are ...

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a class of material that’s been receiving significant attention as a possible successor of silicon. Recently, a team of researchers has demonstrated ...

[Mattmopar] figured out how to get a white Christmas even if the weather isn’t frightful. He built a simple DIY snow making machine with a few plumbing parts, and tools you probably already have.

For a lot of us, soldering just seems to come naturally. But if we’re being honest, none of us was born with a soldering iron ...

If the King of Rust is inaugurated, I am going to Stinson Beach and walking into the ocean, so my new year’s resolution is to give away all my crap before that happens, if it happens at all. My ...

Released in 1993, Intel’s Pentium processor was a marvel of technological progress. Its floating point unit (FPU) was a big improvement over its predecessors that still used the venerable CORDIC ...

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely replaced by LEDs and other lighting technology. However, you still see ...