1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (35+ words) The telephone was an invention that revolutionized human communication. No more did you have to physically courier a letter from one place to another, or send a telegram, or have a runner carry the me. .....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (198+ words) Over on You Tube [Kiss Analog] reviews the New Zoyi ZT-QB9 Smart Clamp meter. If you're putting together an electronics lab from scratch you absolutely must get a multimeter to start. A typical multimeter will be able to do current…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago  (189+ words) Some things have an undeniable appeal, and lo-fi, pixelated Game Boy-camera-like images are one of them. In service of this, [Raul Zanardo] created his handheld pixel camera that goes the extra mile. It implements slick real-time pixel art filters and…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (347+ words) There's plenty of cheap digital cameras on the secondhand market, but instead of fending off the clothes bros and other reseller types at the thrift store, stay home and build [Doruk Kumkumo'lu]'s Optocam Zero. Inspired by the Kodak Charmera…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (556+ words) Have you ever looked in a doll house and said "I wish those dolls had a scale replica of a 1984 Macintosh 128 K that could be operated by USB?" " well, us neither, but [Nick Gillard] gives us the option with his…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1902+ words) The holidays are rapidly approaching, and you probably already have a topic or two to argue with your family about. But what about with your hacker friends? We came upon an old favorite the other day: whether it "counts" as…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (432+ words) One doesn't have to get far into a teardown of this phone to find more. A tiny brush hides in the curved corner of the screen rolling mechanism, to keep debris out of the pocket the screen sits inside. This…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (314+ words) There were a plethora of tiny, local ISPs in the days of dial-up internet. Along with the big providers, many cities would have more than one. Some of those have survived broadband, but none of them were as small as…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (341+ words) Some things have an undeniable appeal, and lo-fi, pixelated Game Boy-camera-like images are one of them. In service of this, [Raul Zanardo] created his handheld pixel camera that goes the extra mile. .. . Some things have an undeniable appeal, and lo-fi,…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (211+ words) Can you charge those Li-ion based cells with USB-C charging ports without taking them out of the device? While this would seem to be answered with an unequivocal "yes, recently [Colin] found out that this could easily have destroyed the…...