On the bench where this is being written, there’s a Mitutoyo vernier caliper. It’s the base model with a proper vernier scale ...

We’ve noticed that adding electronic paper displays to projects is getting easier. [NerdCave] picked up a 4.2-inch E-ink ...

Although generative AI and large language models have been pushed as direct replacements for certain kinds of workers, plenty ...

Sound chips from back in the day were capable of much more than a few beeps and boops, and [InazumaDenki] proves it in a ...

There are a lot of things that get landfilled that have some marginal value, but generally if there’s not a huge amount of ...

While the Netherlands is the country most known for its windmills, they were originally invented by the Persians. More surprisingly, some of them are still turning after 1,000 years. The ancient ...

Do you remember the fourth-place winner in the 2022 Hackaday Prize? If it’s slipped your mind, that’s okay—it was Boondock Echo. It was a radio project that aimed to make it easy to ...

If there’s an enduring image of how large steel structures used to be made, it’s probably the hot riveting process. You’ve probably seen grainy old black-and-white films of a ...

If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did ...

Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a large number, it is ...

Humans first visited the Moon in 1969.  The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the ...

We’ve been recently looking into USB 2.0 – the ubiquitous point-to-point communications standard. USB 2 is completely different from USB 3, the blue-connector next-generation USB ...