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EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) is one of those specialised manufacturing processes that are traditionally expensive and therefore somewhat un...

At some point during our primary school careers, most of us probably constructed a simple compass, often by floating a magnetized needle on a cork ...

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this flo...

[Ronan] likes 35mm film photography, but the world, of course, has gone digital. He picked up an Epson FilmScan 200 for about €10. This wonder de...

Emulating older computers on microcontrollers has been a staple of retrocomputing for many years now, with most 8-bit and some 16-bit machines avai...

The Tamagotchi Connection is a series of Tamagotchi toys that took the original portable pet concept and mixed things up with a wireless connection...

While EEG research might help you figure out extrasensory perception, we won’t be betting on it. However, if you want to read EEG data and us...

A Vector Network Analyser, or VNA, is the ultimate multi-tool of RF test equipment. They can now be had in not very capable form for almost pocket ...

If you take a look around you, chances are pretty good that within a few seconds, your eyes will fall on some kind of electrical connector. In this...