A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their hands on a number of matching lithium-ion ...

It is easier than ever to produce projects with nice enclosures thanks to 3D printing and laser cutting. However, for a ...

David Bloomfield] wanted to make some tweaks to an embedded system, but didn’t quite have the requisite skills. He decided to see if vibe coding could help. [David]’s goal was simple.

Sean Boyce] has been busy building board games. Specifically, an electronic strategy boardgame that is miraculously also ...

If you build electronics, you will eventually need a coil. If you spend any time winding one, you are almost guaranteed to ...

Sometimes you need random numbers — and properly random ones, at that. [Sean Boyce] whipped up a rig that serves up just that ...

At first glance the very idea of a zipper that unzips and zips up by itself seems somewhat ridiculous. After all, these contraptions are mostly used on pieces of clothing and gear where handling a ...

While most hams and hackers have at least heard of Heathkit, most people don’t know the strange origin story of the legendary company. [Ham Radio Gizmos] takes us all through the story. In ...

It was probably Montesquieu who coined the proto-hacker motto “the best is the mortal enemy of the good”. He was talking ...

In the 90s, a video game craze took over the youth of the world — but unlike today’s games that rely on powerful PCs or ...

Classic demos from the demoscene are all about showing off one’s technical prowess, with a common side order of a slick ...

In the 2000s, the DVD industry was concerned about piracy, in particular the threat to their business model presented by ...