For the Component Abuse Challenge our hacker [Tim Williams] observes that N-P-N reads the same way forwards and backwards, so ...

Over the decades we have seen a lot of methods for powering LEGO-based contraptions, ranging from LEGO Technic pneumatics to electric motors, but what about steam power? We have all seen those ...

Tagging wildlife is never straightforward in the best of times, but it becomes a great deal more complicated when you’re trying to track flying insects. Instead of trying to use a sensor package, ...

Everyone has a standard for publishing projects, and they can get pretty controversial. We see a lot of people complain about hacks embedded in YouTube videos, social media threads, Discord ...

Economists have this idea that we live in an efficient market, but it’s hard to fathom that when disposable vapes are equipped with rechargeable lithium cells. Still, just as market ...

When we talk about HDTV, we’re typically talking about any one of a number of standards from when television made the ...

The older Raspberry Pi boards have had a long life, serving faithfully since 2012. Frankly, their continued support is a ...

For those of us hackers who have gone down a machining rabbit hole, we all know how annoying it can be to over-machine a part. Thermal spraying, while sounding sci-fi, is a method where you can ...

Spectravideo is not exactly the most well-known microcomputer company, but they were nevertheless somewhat active in the US ...

Handheld computers have become very much part of the hardware hacker scene, as the advent of single board computers long on ...

The header image above shows a completely unsupported 3D-printed bridge, believe it or not. You’re looking at the bottom of ...

To our younger readers, a car without an all-touchscreen “infotainment” system may look clunky and dated, but really, you kids don’t know what they’re missing. Buttons, ...