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Knocking over expensive camera equipment is an unfortunate occupational hazard when filming projects in a workshop. [D…

The gyroscopic system for gyro monorail trains that Brennan developed. (Credit: Primal Space) Everyone who has ever…

Imagine you’re a commando, doing some big secret mission on the continent in the midst of World War II. You need to ho…

This week Jonathan Bennett and Doc Searls talk with Tony Zeoli about Netmix and the Radio Station WordPress plugin. Th…

Building a 3D motor printed motor is one thing, but creating a completely custom servo motor with encoder requires som…

A scanning probe microscope comes in a wide variety of flavors, they all produce a set of data points containing the m…

Rather than chasing pure performance and high quality graphics like other gaming companies, Nintendo has made a name f…

Back in the hazy days of the  early home computers, many of us would rejoice at running our first BASIC applications, …

Over the last five years or so there has been a quiet take-over of the ports on laptops, phones, and other devices, as…

Are you a chocolate chip cookie connoisseur? Do you want to eat more cookies than you probably should at the push of a…

Such has been the success of the mobile phone that in many places they have removed the need for wired connections, fo…

During a press event on January 23rd, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) demonstrated two new robots at the mock-up…

If your pointing device is a mouse, turn it over. The chances are you’ll see a red LED light if you’re not seriously o…

Soldering flux is (or at least, should be) one of the ubiquitous features of any electronics bench. It serves the purp…

Alright, here’s your quick and dirty hack for the day. The astute among you may recall [Peter Waldraff]’s bookshelf tr…

[Janis Alnis] wanted to build an analog computer circuit and bought some multiplier chips. The first attempt used app…

From the “No good deed goes unpunished” files, this week came news of a German programmer who probably wishes he had s…

When you think of satellite communications, you probably think of a dish. But that’s not the only option — a new devic…

These days, it’s pretty cheap and easy to build your own little RC hovercraft. [ValRC] demonstrates just that with a h…

When you have a bunch of 230 kV transmission lines running over your property, why not use them for some scientific ex…