Artsy and Durable Recycling from a Heat Press Ian Bos | usagoldmines.com
Plastic recycling is something that many of us strive to accomplish, but we often get...
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The Water-Cooled PS3 Sony Never Made Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
The Playstation 3 had a dizzying number of variants from its first launch in 2006...
ABCCAD is Voxels Meets Legos in AR Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
We get it, CAD software can be daunting to learn. Somehow found it so...
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Reverse Biasing an NPN BJT John Elliot V | usagoldmines.com
For the Component Abuse Challenge our hacker observes that N-P-N reads the same...
Making Steam-Powered LEGO Machines Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
Over the decades we have seen a lot of methods for powering LEGO-based contraptions, ranging...
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Overdriven LEDs Outshine the Sun Aaron Beckendorf | usagoldmines.com
Tagging wildlife is never straightforward in the best of times, but it becomes a great...
Share Your Projects: Imperfectionism Arya Voronova | usagoldmines.com
Everyone has a standard for publishing projects, and they can get pretty controversial. We see...
Japan’s Forgotten Analog HDTV Standard Was Well Ahead Of Its Time Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
When we talk about HDTV, we’re typically talking about any one of a number of...
DIY Powerwall Blows Clouds, Competition Out of the Water Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
Economists have this idea that we live in an efficient market, but it’s hard to...
Countdown To Pi 1 Loss Of Support, Activated Jenny List | usagoldmines.com
The older Raspberry Pi boards have had a long life, serving faithfully since 2012. Frankly,...
Make Metal Rain with Thermal Spraying Ian Bos | usagoldmines.com
For those of us hackers who have gone down a machining rabbit hole, we all...
Spectravideo Computers Get A Big Upgrade Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Spectravideo is not exactly the most well-known microcomputer company, but they were nevertheless somewhat active...
A Pentium In Your Hand Jenny List | usagoldmines.com
Handheld computers have become very much part of the hardware hacker scene, as the advent...
Better 3D-Printed Bridges Are Possible, With the Right Settings Donald Papp | usagoldmines.com
The header image above shows a completely unsupported 3D-printed bridge, believe it or not. You’re...
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: The Ever-Versatile Transistor as a Temperature Sensor Jenny List | usagoldmines.com
One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge...
Hacking Buttons Back Into the Car Stereo Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
To our younger readers, a car without an all-touchscreen “infotainment” system may look clunky and...
SolidWorks Certification… With FreeCAD? Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
There are various CAD challenges out there that come with bragging rights. Some, like the...
The Deadliest US Nuclear Accident is Not What You Think Al Williams | usagoldmines.com
When you think of a US Nuclear accident, you probably think of Three Mile Island....
Medieval Iron, Survivorship Bias and Modern Metallurgy Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk...
CardFlix: NFC Cards for Kid-Friendly Streaming Magic Matt Varian | usagoldmines.com
For most of us, the days of having to insert a disc to play our...