After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support
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After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support
Recently, [Greg Kroah-Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) suppor...
Why Push a Button When a Machine Can Do It For You
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Why Push A Button When A Machine Can Do It For You
Remote control is a wonder of the age, we press a button, and something happens as if by magic. But what happens if there is no remote control, and...
Building a Commodore 64 Laptop
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Building A Commodore 64 Laptop
What might a laptop version of the Commodore 64 have looked like if one had been released by the late 1980s? This is the question that [Kevin Noki]...
Magnetic Transformer Secrets
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Magnetic Transformer Secrets
[Sam Ben-Yaakov] has another lecture online that dives deep into the physics of electronic processes. This time, the subject is magnetic transforme...
Plug Into USB, Read Hostname and IP Address
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Plug Into USB, Read Hostname And IP Address
Ever wanted to just plug something in and conveniently read the hostname and IP addresses of a headless board like a Raspberry Pi? Chances are, a ...
Giant Neopixel Is Just Like The Regular Kind, Only Bigger
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Giant Neopixel Is Just Like The Regular Kind, Only Bigger
Neopixels and other forms of addressable LEDs have taken the maker world by storm. They make it trivial to add a ton of controllable, glowing LEDs ...
3D Printing and Metal Casting are a Great Match
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3D Printing And Metal Casting Are A Great Match
[Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try meta...
Pufferfish Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain
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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 remembe...
Tearing Down Walmart’s $12 Keychain Camera
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Tearing Down Walmart’s $12 Keychain Camera
Keychain cameras are rarely good. However, in the case of Walmart’s current offering, it might be worse than it’s supposed to be. [FoxT...
A Brief History of the Spreadsheet
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A Brief History Of The Spreadsheet
We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance you a...