Build A High Voltage Supply For Vacuum Tube Work If you work on simple digital projects, just about any bench supply will offer the voltage and current you’re looking for. However, if you’re working with valves, you’ll often find …read more #hacking #projects image
The Zen Must Flow From Arrakis Sand Table In Dune, the Fremen people of Arrakis practice an odd future hybrid religion called “zensunni.” This adds an extra layer of meaning to the title of [Mark Rehorst]’s Arrakis 3.0 sand …read more #hacking #projects image
Citizen Science by the Skin of Your Teeth If you are a schoolkid of the right age, you can’t wait to lose a baby tooth. In many cultures, there is a ritual surrounding it, like the tooth fairy, …read more #hacking #projects image
Heater is Either a Miracle or a Scam [Big Clive] picked up a tiny heater for less than £8 from the usual sources. Would you be shocked to learn that its heating capacity wasn’t as advertised? No, we …read more #hacking #projects image
So Long Firefox, Hello Vivaldi It’s been twenty-three years since the day Phoenix was released, the web browser that eventually became Firefox. I downloaded it on the first day and installed it on my trusty …read more #hacking #projects image
Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to  get something up …read more #hacking #projects image
Unusual Circuits in the Intel 386’s Standard Cell Logic Intel’s 386 CPU is notable for being its first x86 CPU to use so-called standard cell logic, which swapped the taping out of individual transistors with wiring up standardized functional …read more #hacking #projects image
The AirPort Express Still Works In 2025 Thanks To Apple’s Ongoing Support Apple was all-in on WiFi from the beginning, launching the AirPort line of products to much fanfare in 1999. In 2004, along came the AirPort Express—a fully-functional router the size …read more #hacking #projects image
Water on Mars? Maybe Not We were as excited as anyone when MARSIS (the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding) experiment announced there was possibly liquid water under the southern polar ice cap. …read more #hacking #projects image
Retrofits Done Right: Physical Controls for Heated Seats We’ve all owned something where one tiny detail drives us nuts: a blinding power LED, buttons in the wrong order, or a beep that could wake the dead. This beautifully …read more #hacking #projects image