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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Go back a couple of generations, and rather than a laptop or a luggable, the office accessory of choice was a portable typewriter. As the 20th century wore on, the typewriter became electric ...

Not everyone will write their own optimizing compiler from scratch, but those who do sometimes roll into it during the course ...

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

Dy default, the slicing software used for 3D printers has the printer first create the walls around the edges of a print, then goes back to deposit the infill pattern. [NeedItMakeIt], however, ...