American Science and Surplus Ends Online Sales For nearly 90 years, American Science and Surplus has been shipping out weird and wonderful stuff to customers far and wide. In the pre-Internet days, getting their latest catalog in …read more #hacking #projects
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American Science And Surplus Ends Online Sales
For nearly 90 years, American Science and Surplus has been shipping out weird and wonderful stuff to customers far and wide. In the pre-Internet da...
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Naturally Radioactive Food and Safe Food Radiation Levels There was a recent recall of so-called ‘radioactive shrimp’ that were potentially contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137). But contamination isn’t an all-or-nothing affair, so you might wonder exactly how hot the …read more #hacking #projects
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Naturally Radioactive Food And Safe Food Radiation Levels
There was a recent recall of so-called ‘radioactive shrimp’ that were potentially contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137). But contaminat...
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Oil-Based Sprengel Pump Really Sucks Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs had their vacuums drawn with Sprengel …read more #hacking #projects
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Oil-Based Sprengel Pump Really Sucks
Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs...
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The Practicality Of Solar Powered Meshtastic A Meshtastic node has been one of the toys of the moment over the last year, and since they are popular with radio amateurs there’s a chance you’ll already live …read more #hacking #projects
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The Practicality Of Solar Powered Meshtastic
A Meshtastic node has been one of the toys of the moment over the last year, and since they are popular with radio amateurs there’s a chance ...
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Reviewing Deluxe Paint, 40 Years On When Deluxe Paint came out with the original Amiga in 1985, it was the killer app for the platform. [Christopher Drum] starts his recent article on just that note, remembering …read more #hacking #projects
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Reviewing Deluxe Paint, 40 Years On
When Deluxe Paint came out with the original Amiga in 1985, it was the killer app for the platform. [Christopher Drum] starts his recent article on...
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Perovskite Solar Cell Crystals See the Invisible A new kind of ‘camera’ is poking at the invisible world of the human body – and it’s made from the same weird crystals that once shook up solar energy. …read more #hacking #projects
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Perovskite Solar Cell Crystals See The Invisible
A new kind of ‘camera’ is poking at the invisible world of the human body – and it’s made from the same weird crystals that...
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A 10″ Telescope, Because You Only Live Once Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct. For his 10″ reflector, [Carl Anderson] once again …read more #hacking #projects
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A 10″ Telescope, Because You Only Live Once
Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct. For his 10″ refl...
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Making a Laptop with a Mechanical Keyboard A laptop is one of the greatest tools at the disposal of a hacker. They come in all manner of shapes and sizes with all manner of features. But perhaps …read more #hacking #projects
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Making A Laptop With A Mechanical Keyboard
A laptop is one of the greatest tools at the disposal of a hacker. They come in all manner of shapes and sizes with all manner of features. But per...
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How to Have a Medium Format Camera Without Breaking The Bank For most people, experimentation with film photography comes in the form of the 35 mm format. Its ubiquity in snapshot photography means cameras are readily available at all levels, and …read more #hacking #projects
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How To Have A Medium Format Camera Without Breaking The Bank
For most people, experimentation with film photography comes in the form of the 35 mm format. Its ubiquity in snapshot photography means cameras ar...
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2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge: Let the Games Begin! In theory, all parts are ideal and do just exactly what they say on the box. In practice, everything has its limits, most components have non-ideal characteristics, and you can …read more #hacking #projects
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2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge: Let The Games Begin!
In theory, all parts are ideal and do just exactly what they say on the box. In practice, everything has its limits, most components have non-ideal...
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