Building A ZX Spectrum Using Only New Parts Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Ah, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. A popular computer in Britain and beyond, but now rather...
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Redbox Is Dead, But The Machines Are Kind Of Hanging On Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Redbox was a service for renting DVDs from automated kiosks. The business was going well...
Laser Painting Explained Al Williams | usagoldmines.com
If you get an inexpensive diode laser cutter, you might have been disappointed to find...
Tiny LoRa GPS Node Relies on ESP32 Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Sometimes you need to create a satellite navigation tracking device that communicates via a low-power...
Access the Information Superhighway With a Mac Plus Bryan Cockfield | usagoldmines.com
For some time now, Apple has developed a reputation for manufacturing computers and phones that...
Ubiquitous Successful Bus: Version 2 Arya Voronova | usagoldmines.com
I’ve talked a fair bit about USB-C before, explaining how it all works, from many...
The FNIRSI HRM-10 Internal Resistance Meter Dave Rowntree | usagoldmines.com
Occasionally, we find fun new electronic instruments in the wild and can’t resist sharing them...
Mining and Refining: Mine Dewatering Dan Maloney | usagoldmines.com
From space, the most striking feature of our Pale Blue Dot is exactly what makes...
What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs? Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
It’s been said that the best way to stifle creativity by researchers is to demand...
Read All About It: The 2024 Supercon Site is Live Tom Nardi | usagoldmines.com
With the 2024 Hackaday Supercon just a couple weeks away, we’re pleased to announce that...
DIY Core Rope Memory Z80 Demonstrator Generating a Fibonacci Sequence Dave Rowntree | usagoldmines.com
We’ve seen a few retro products using core rope memory, such as telephone autodiallers. Obviously,...
Billion-Dollar Bank Refuses To Reimburse Customer After $10,000 Stolen From Account – Until the Media Gets Involved: Report Mark Emem | usagoldmines.com
America’s 20th-largest bank by total assets is accused of refusing to reimburse a customer who...
Scarlett Johansson, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift Are Top 3 Celebrity Names Exploited for Online Scams: Cybersecurity Giant McAfee Henry Kanapi | usagoldmines.com
Cybersecurity giant McAfee says thieves are increasingly using the names of popular US celebrities to...
Winamp Taken Down: Too Good For This Open Source World Jenny List | usagoldmines.com
If you picked today in your hackerspace’s sweepstake on when Winamp would pull their code...
Module Makes Noisy Projects Easy Al Williams | usagoldmines.com
You want to add voice, music, or sound effects to your project. What do you...
Clockwork Derby: Digital Robo Rally, Steampunk Style Heidi Ulrich | usagoldmines.com
Inspired by the classic game Robo Rally, ’s Clockwork Derby takes tabletop gaming to the...
FLOSS Weekly Episode 805: Mastodon — Bring Your Own Algorithm Jonathan Bennett | usagoldmines.com
This week Jonathan Bennett and Jeff Massie chat with Andy Piper about Mastodon! There’s a...
Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Folding Butterfly Keyboard Kristina Panos | usagoldmines.com
Want to give prospective employers a business card that doesn’t immediately get tossed? Of course...
Tech In Plain Sight: Tasers Shooting Confetti Al Williams | usagoldmines.com
One of the standard tropes in science fiction is some kind of device that can...
Linus Live-Codes Music on the Commodore 64 Elliot Williams | usagoldmines.com
In this tremendously educational video, takes us through how he develops a synthesizer...