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Digital Convergence Corporation is hardly a household name, and there’s a good reason for that. However, it raised about $185 million in investments around the year 2000 from companies such …read more

The Most Secure, Modern Computer Might Be A Mac

The Linux world is currently seeing an explosion in new users, thanks in large part to Microsoft turning its Windows operating system into the most intrusive piece of spyware in …read more

Age-Verification And The World Before Social Media

Although it may be hard to believe for current generations, there was a time when the Internet and the World Wide Web were not as integrated into society as it …read more

From Zip To Nought: The Rise And Fall Of Iomega

If you were anywhere near a computer in the mid-to-late 1990s, you almost certainly encountered a Zip drive. That distinctive purple peripheral, with its satisfying clunk as you slotted in …read more

The Unreasonable Power Density Of Lithium-Ion

We’re all used to it by now, but I’d just like to reflect on how insanely power-packed lithium ion batteries are, and everything that’s afforded us. I’m trying to think …read more

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3D Print Becomes Cast Iron Wrench Via Microwave

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By Lewin Day | March 26, 2026

Consumer-grade 3D printing is good for prototyping and making relatively soft plastic stuff. If you wanna make tough things, though, it’s really hard to beat the strength of metal. [Shake …read more
Modern Smartphone Vs. 80s Supercomputer

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By Bryan Cockfield | March 26, 2026

One of the most common ways of comparing the processing power of some microcontroller or older smartphone in a fantastical way was to say that they had more processing power …read more
3D Printed Wire Stripper Uses PLA Blades

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By Donald Papp | March 26, 2026

One might think that [Da_Rius]’s mostly 3D printed wire stripper would count its insulation-shearing blades among the small number of metal parts required, but that turns out to not be …read more
Testing Severely Neglected VHS Tapes And CDs

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By Maya Posch | March 25, 2026

Physical media has a certain amount of durability associated with it, a quality which is naturally determined by the way that they’re stored. Generally this does not involve being abandoned …read more
Demonstrating Gray Codes With Industrial Display

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By Bryan Cockfield | March 25, 2026

Many people base huge swaths of their lives on foundational philosophical texts, yet few have read them in their entirety. The one that springs to the forefront of many of …read more
VGA Output From A PIC18

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By Lewin Day | March 25, 2026

In the maker world, it’s the Arduino and ESP32 lines that get the lion’s share of attention. However, you can do fantastic things with PIC chips, too, if you put …read more
The Most Intricate Of Freeform Digital Clocks

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By Jenny List | March 25, 2026

Digital clock projects have been with us since the 1970s, when affordable LEDs and integrated circuits became available. In 2026 most of them use a microcontroller, but for the AliExpress …read more

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