Category: Tech

Reading Time: 6 minutesIt should probably come as no surprise to anyone that the images which we look at every day – whether printed or on a display

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are a certain age, you probably remember the ads and publicity around Chisanbop — the supposed ancient art of Korean finger math. Was

Reading Time: 6 minutesDo you ever look at the news, and wonder about the process behind the news cycle? I did, and for the last couple of decades

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNormally you can’t read out the One Time Programming (OTP) memory in Microchip’s PIC MCUs that have code protection enabled, but an exploit has been

Reading Time: 2 minutesSome people slander retrocomputing as an old man’s game, just because most of those involved are more ancient than the hardware they’re playing with. But

Reading Time: 2 minutesYes, you read that right– not benchy, but beanie, as in the hat. A toque, for those of us under the Maple Leaf. It’s not

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMany people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators. Even common simulators often need a trick to simulate some oscillating circuits.

Reading Time: 2 minutesBees are incredible insects that live and die for their hive, producing rich honey in complicated hive structures. The problem is as the average beekeeper,

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you need to cool something, the gold standard is using a gas compressor arrangement. Of course, there are definite downsides to that, like weight,

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Rigol oscilloscopes have a long history of modifications and hacks, and this latest from [Matthias] is an impressive addition; he’s been working on adding

Reading Time: 5 minutesAnthropic released news that its models have attempted to contact the police or take other action when they are asked to do something that might

Reading Time: 4 minutesHumans have forever been using all manner of techniques to better secure the food we need to sustain our lives. The practice of agriculture is