When you think of making something using a lathe,  you usually think of turning a screw, a table leg, or a toothpick. [Uri ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred ...

Many things have combined to make very high-frequency RF gear much more common, cheaper, and better performing. Case in point ...

We’re covering two weeks of news today, which is handy, because the week between Christmas and New Years is always a bit slow ...

LEGO bricks might look simplistic, but did you know there’s an actual science behind their sizes? Enter LDUs — LEGO Draw ...

Den Delimarsky] had a Stream Deck and wanted to be free of the proprietary software, so he reverse-engineered it. Now, he has ...

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely ...

It’s a fair bet that most of us have a ton of wireless doo-dads around the house, from garage door remotes to wireless thermometers. Each of these gadgets seems to have its own idea about ...

Do you ever have clothes that you only wore for a few hours, so you don’t want to wash them, but it still seems icky to put them back in the drawer or closet? What if you had a dedicated ...

What do you do when a crowdfunded product you really liked gets cancelled? Naturally, you take the idea and build your own ...

When ships moved from muscle- and wind power to burning coal and other fossil fuels for their propulsion, they also became ...

Can you use brake cleaner for flux removal on PCBs? According to [Half Burnt Toast], yes you can. But should you? Well, that’s another matter. In our experience, flux removal seems to be far ...