The iPod once reigned supreme in the realm of portable music. Hackers are now working on preserving one of its less lauded functions — gaming. [via Ars Technica] The run of 54 titles from 2006 ...

The phones most of us carry around in our pockets every day hold a surprising amount of computing power. It’s somewhat taken ...

In the world of PC graphics, the early standards followed the various video cards of the day. There was MDA, familiar through the original text-based DOS prompt, CGA, then EGA, and the non-IBM ...

Normally, videos over at The Signal Path channel on YouTube have a certain vibe, namely teardowns and deep dives into ...

If you want to get started in microfluidic robotics, [soiboi soft’s] salamander is probably too complex for a first project.

BorisDigital] was mesmerised by a modern elevator. He decided to see how hard it would be to design his own elevator based on ...

An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better if it still works. Unfortunately, there’s ...

The first Philadelphia Maker Faire was extremely impressive, and seemed poised to be one of the premier maker events on the ...

Sitting in front of a computer all day isn’t exactly what the firmware between our ears was tuned to do. We’re supposed to be ...

If you haven’t heard of an “all-American five,” then you probably don’t dig through bins for old radios. The AA5 is a common design for old AM radios that use five tubes: a rectifier, an ...

Vibe coding is the buzzword of the moment. What is it? The practice of writing software by describing the problem to an AI ...

Ever wanted your own X-ray machine? Of course you have! Many of us were indoctrinated with enticing ads for X-ray specs and ...