The development of cheaper, more powerful lasers has always been a cause for excitement among hackers, and fiber lasers are ...

PostmarketOS is a Linux distribution specifically designed for those who wish to repurpose old smartphones as general-use computers, to a degree. This can be a great way to reuse old hardware.

This reminds us of how, in the 1880s, Edison observed current flowing in one direction through a test light bulb that ...

These days, Windows has a moderately robust method for managing the volume across several applications. The only problem is ...

The Colmi R02 is one of the cheapest smart rings on the market. It costs about $20, and is remarkably easy to hack. [Floyd ...

Alex Hao] and [Andreas Bastian] of Lumafield recently visited with [Adam Savage] to share their battery quality report, which documents their findings after performing X-ray computed tomography ...

You’ve probably heard — we’re currently experiencing very high RAM prices due mostly to increased demand from AI data centers ...

We were talking on the podcast about rope. But not just any rope – especially non-stretchy rope for using in a mechanical context. The hack in question was a bicycle wheel that swapped out normal ...

Decades ago, shows like Star Trek, The Jetsons, and Lost in Space promised us a future full of helpful computers and robot assistants. Unfortunately, we haven’t quite gotten our ...

Need a plastic mesh in a custom pattern? 3D print it, no problem. But what if one needs a curved plastic mesh? That’s ...

The Raspberry Pi has been a revolutionary computer in the maker space, providing a full Linux environment, GUI, and tons of ...

Another chilly evening in Western Europe, as Elliot Williams is joined this week by Jenny List to chew the fat over the ...