We’ve seen plenty of motor projects, but [Jeremy]’s DIY Tubular Linear Motor is a really neat variety of stepper motor in a format we certainly don’t see every day. It started as a design ...

Vibe coding is the buzzword of the moment. What is it? The practice of writing software by describing the problem to an AI ...

Normally, videos over at The Signal Path channel on YouTube have a certain vibe, namely teardowns and deep dives into ...

BorisDigital] was mesmerised by a modern elevator. He decided to see how hard it would be to design his own elevator based on ...

Underwater robots face many challenges, not least of which is how to move around. ZodiAq is a prototype underwater soft robot ...

David] sent us a tip about a company in Belgium, Citronics, that is looking to turn old cellphones into single-board computers for embedded Linux applications. We think it’s a great idea, and ...

Sitting in front of a computer all day isn’t exactly what the firmware between our ears was tuned to do. We’re supposed to be ...

If you want to get started in microfluidic robotics, [soiboi soft’s] salamander is probably too complex for a first project.

An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better if it still works. Unfortunately, there’s ...

IBM mainframes are known for very unusual terminals. But IBM made many different things, including the IBM 3151 ASCII terminal, which uses a cartridge to emulate a VT220 terminal. [Norbert Keher] ...

Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System (DOS), whether this includes running legacy ...

We know you’ve seen them: the time-lapses that show a 3D print coming together layer-by-layer without the extruder taking up ...