The vast majority of model rockets go vaguely up and float vaguely downwards without a lot of control. However, [newaysfactory] built a few rockets that were altogether more precise in their ...

This summer, we saw the WHY (What Hackers Yearn) event happen in Netherlands, of course, with a badge to match. Many badges ...

The clicking of a Geiger counter is well enough known as a signifier of radioactive materials, due to it providing the ...

Modern motherboards don’t come with ISA slots, and almost everybody is fine with that. If you really want one, though, there ...

There are many incredible open-source robotic arm projects out there, but there’s a dearth of affordable, stable, and mobile robotic platforms with arms. That’s where XLeRobot comes ...

We all know what a typewriter looks like, and how this has been translated directly into the modern day computer keyboard, or ...

Dhananjay Gadre] happened across a useful little trick the other day. Take any old 1N4148 or 1N914 glass-package signal diode ...

If you’re really good, it’s possible to solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 10 seconds. For the rest of us, though, it can be an exceedingly tedious task. For that reason, you might ...

This project gives a whole new meaning to DIY PC. We don’t know how capable you were as a teenager, but could you have ...

Pinball machines have something for everyone. They’re engaging, fast-paced games available in a variety of sizes and ...

Before a spectrometer can do any useful work, it needs to be calibrated to identify wavelengths correctly. This is usually done by detecting several characteristic peaks or dips in a well-known ...

Multitasking is something we take for granted these days. Just about every computer we use, from our desktops to our phones, is capable of multitasking. It might sound silly to implement ...