Three-axis 3D printing has been with us long enough that everybody knows the limitations, but so far, adding extra axes has been very much a niche endeavor. [Daniel] at Fractal Robotics wants to ...

The MOS Technology 6502 is a microprocessor which casts a long shadow over the world of computing. Many of you will know it as the beating heart of so many famous 8-bit machines from the likes of ...

What should your first instinct be when the room catches on fire? Maybe get out of the room, pull an alarm, and have a disco ...

We all know that it’s easy to get caught out by fake electronic components these days, with everything from microcontrollers ...

During the 1980s a lot of consumer devices suddenly got a lot smaller as large-scale integration using semiconductor ...

The Apple II was made in great numbers, as was the Commodore 64. But the Mimic Spartan? It was a weird Apple II clone that you needed a Commodore 64 to use. [ARC Javmaster] has found one of these ...

We have all seen those cheap digital microscopes, whether in USB format or with its own screen, all of them promising super-clear images of everything from butterfly wings to electronics at ...

Guitar Hero was all the rage for a few years, before the entire world apparently got sick of it overnight. Some diehards still remember the charms of rhythm games, though. Among them you might ...

Keeping retrocomputers going can be tricky enough, but when you’re talking retro laptops, the battery packs add an extra ...

Fermentation is a culinary art where tiny organisms transform simple ingredients into complex flavors — but they’re finicky ...

When Beyblades first came out a couple of decades ago, they quickly became a fad across Japan and several Western countries. There was a whole ecosystem of parts that you could buy and use to ...

Sometimes, brilliant perspectives need a bit of an introduction first, and this is clearly one. This video essay by [Cleggy] delivers what it promises: an ode to the aesthetic of light. But he ...