Makers and hardware hackers have been collecting disposable vapes for some time now, usually to salvage their batteries or the unique displays many models now come with. But you can also repurpose ...

We don’t usually speculate on the true identity of the hackers behind these projects, but when [TN666]’s accoustic ...

A switch is simple: connect two pieces of metal together and bam! Except, it’s not that simple at high currents. How much ...

Stream decks are pretty useful in all kinds of contexts, but commercial models can feel a bit pricy for what is effectively a ...

Supercapacitors rely mostly on double-layer capacitance to bridge the divide between chemical batteries and traditional capacitors, but they come with a number of weaknesses. Paramount among these ...

The Z80 has been gone a couple of years now, but it’s very much not forgotten. Still, the day when new-old-stock and salvaged ...

In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting ...

If you’ve ever run a game server or used BitTorrent, you probably know that life is easier if your router supports UPnP ...

Graphics calculators are one of those strange technological cul-de-sacs. They rely on outdated technology and should not be nearly as expensive as they are, but market effects somehow keep prices ...

[Nicholas LaBonte] shows off a Cyberdeck Handheld that demonstrates just how good something can look when care and attention goes into the design and fabrication. He wanted to make something that ...

After previously putting carbon fiber-reinforced PLA filament under the (electron) microscope, the [I built a thing] bloke is back with a new video involving PLA-CF, this time involving co-extrusion ...

Stabilizing an inverted pendulum is a classic problem in control theory, and if you’ve ever taken a control systems class you might remember seeing pages full of differential equations and bode ...