Some people are not merely satisfied with functionality, or even just good looks. These persnickety snoots (I am one of them) ...

In the closing hours of JawnCon 0x2, I was making a final pass of the “Free Stuff for Nerds” table when I noticed a forlorn ...

The cool part about science is that you can ask questions like what happens if you stick some moss spores on the outside of the International Space Station, and then get funding for answering said ...

In our modern world full of planned obsolescence helping to fuel cycles of consumerism, the thing that really lets companies ...

We aren’t sure why, but [Lev Chizhov] and some other researchers have found a way to make you smell things by hitting your ...

An interesting trend over the last year or two has been the emergence of modern retrocomputer PCs, recreations of classic PC ...

The BBC wanted to show everyone how a computer might be used in schools. A program aired in 1979 asks, “Will Computers ...

Remember the Key Bridge collapse? With as eventful a year as 2025 has been, we wouldn’t blame anyone for forgetting that in ...

Medium format cameras have always been a step up from those built in the 35 mm format. By virtue of using a much larger film, they offer improved resolution and performance. If you want a medium ...

Today’s pressurized water reactors (PWRs) are marvels of nuclear fission technology that enable gigawatt-scale power stations ...

In this session of Logic Noise, we’ll be playing around with the voltage-controlled oscillator from a 4046 phase-locked loop chip, and using it to make “musical” pitches. It’s a lot of bang for the ...

There are few things that can keep a certain kind of mechanically-inclined mind entranced as well as a marble run, and few structures that look as interestingly organic as procedurally-generated ...