For certain high-security devices, such as card readers, ATMs, and hardware security modules, normal physical security isn’t ...

Robots don’t have to be large and imposing to be impressive. As this tiny quadruped from [Dorian Todd] demonstrates, some simple electronics and a few servos can create something altogether ...

Making a truly flat surface is a modern engineering feat, and not a small one. Even making something straight without ...

Al and I were talking about the IBM 9020 FAA Air Traffic Control computer system on the podcast. It’s a strange machine, made ...

When you’re testing or debugging some mains-powered gear, plugging it directly into the outlet can often be an exciting ...

If there is one thing we took from [azwankhairul345’s] environmental monitor project, it is this: sensors and computing power ...

Sometimes, there are too many choices in this world. My benchtop function generator can output a sine, square, or saw wave anywhere from 0.01 Hz up to 60 MHz? Way too many choices. At least, that’s ...

We live in a golden age for MIDI controllers. [rheslip]’s contribution to the milieu is a twisty take on the format, in that it’s covered in an array of knobs. Thus the name—Twisty 2.

Attributed to Picasso was the notion that when art critics get together they talk about content, style, trend, and meaning; but that when painters get together they talk about where to get the ...

Researchers at Stanford University recently came up with an interesting way (Phys.org summary) to create patterns and colors ...

Lithium batteries have taken over as the primary battery chemistry from applications ranging from consumer electronics to ...

Today’s PCs are locked up with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices so much so that modern Windows versions insist on having ...