Bare Metal STM32: Increasing The System Clock And Running Dhrystone

When you start an STM32 MCU with its default configuration, its CPU will tick along at a leisurely number of cycles on the order of 8 to 16 MHz, using …read more

Catching Those Old Busses

The PC has had its fair share of bus slots. What started with the ISA bus has culminated, so far, in PCI Express slots, M.2 slots, and a few other …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Curious Keyboards

I love first builds! They say so much about a person, because you see what’s paramount to them in a keyboard. You can almost feel their frustration at other keyboards …read more

Thorium-Metal Alloys And Radioactive Jet Engines

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more

Pufferfish Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode …read more

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Pause Print, Add Hardware, And Enjoy Strength

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By Tyler August | December 21, 2025

3D Printing is great, but it is pretty much the worst way to make any given part– except that every other technique you could use to make that part is …read more
Why Chopped Carbon Fiber In FDM Prints Is A Contaminant

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By Maya Posch | December 21, 2025

A lot of claims have been made about the purported benefits of adding chopped carbon fiber to FDM filaments, but how many of these claims are actually true? In the …read more
A Compact, Browser-Based ESP32 Oscilloscope

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By Aaron Beckendorf | December 21, 2025

An oscilloscope is usually the most sensitive, and arguably most versatile, tool on a hacker’s workbench, often taking billions of samples per second to produce an accurate and informative representation …read more
Shoot Instax Film In A Polaroid Camera With The Aid Of Tape

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By Lewin Day | December 21, 2025

Polaroid cameras have been very popular for a very long time and are especially hot gifts this year. Fresh film is easy to find but relatively expensive. In contrast, Fuji’s …read more
A Heavily Modified Rivian Attempts The Cannonball Run

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By Bryan Cockfield | December 21, 2025

There are few things more American than driving a car really fast in a straight line. Occasionally, the cars will make a few left turns, but otherwise, this is the …read more
A Tiny Reflecting Telescope For Portable Astronomy

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By Jenny List | December 20, 2025

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on …read more
Building A Multi-Channel Pipette For Parallel Experimentation

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By Aaron Beckendorf | December 20, 2025

One major reason for the high cost of developing new drugs and other chemicals is the sheer number of experiments involved; designing a single new drug can require synthesizing and …read more

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