Categoria: Hackaday (https://hackaday.com/)
LDU Decoded: The Untold Tale of LEGO Dimensions
LEGO bricks might look simplistic, but did you know there’s an actual science behind their sizes? Enter LDUs — LEGO…
Do You Know Vail Code?
Alfred Vail (public domain) We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call…
A Mechanical Calculator For The Modern Age
There was a brief period through the 1960s into the 1970s when the last word in electronics was the calculator….
A LoRa Rain Gauge from the Ground Up
It’s a fair bet that most of us have a ton of wireless doo-dads around the house, from garage door…
Blinded by the Light: the Problem with LED Headlights
Having a good set of (working) headlights is a crucial feature of any motor vehicle, assuming you want to be…
Battery-Electric Ships: Coming Soon to a Harbor Near You?
When ships moved from muscle- and wind power to burning coal and other fossil fuels for their propulsion, they also…
The TimeChi Never Shipped, but You Can Build One From Scratch
What do you do when a crowdfunded product you really liked gets cancelled? Naturally, you take the idea and build…
Tweezers Probe Reviewed
Over the last few decades, electronic devices have drastically changed. Radios that once had point-to-point wiring gave way to printed…
Esperanto: The Language That Hoped to Unite the World
Christmas: a good time to broach a topic of hope. We’re talking Esperanto. This language that spurred the hope it…
When It Comes To DOS, Don’t Forget DR-DOS.
Despite the latest and greatest Intel-derived computers having multi-core 64-bit processors and unimaginably fast peripherals, at heart they all still…
