[bitluni]’s laser-based display pretending to be a an old-school vector CRT. Phosphor-based displays like CRTs rely on the phosphor to emit light for a set amount of time after being activated ...

These days, humans have gotten all fancy-schmancy with their gas and electric water heaters. Heck, some are even using heat pumps to do the work as efficiently as possible. [HowToLou] got back to ...

The ESP8266 was one of the first chips that provided wireless functionality at a cost low enough to be widely popular for small microcontroller projects. This project uses one to provide rapid ...

Microcontroller addict [Debraj] decided to make his own programmable sine wave generator, and was able to put it together for under $40 USD. Other than low-cost, his list of requirements was as ...

Once upon a time, typing “www” at the start of a URL was as automatic as breathing. And yet, these days, most of us go ...

Those who indulge in trading card games know that building the best deck is the key to victory. What exactly that entails is a mystery to us muggles, but keeping track of your cards is a vital ...

Dan Maloney and I were talking on the podcast about his memories of the old electronics magazines, and how they had some ...

When you’ve had some kind of injury, rehabilitation can be challenging. You often need to be careful about how you’re using ...

We often think of analog computing as a relic of the past, room-sized monstrosities filled with vacuum tubes doing their best ...

We’ve all seen those cheap bench power supply units (PSUs) for sale online, promising specifications that would cost at least ...

In these days of everything-streaming, it’s great to see an old school radio build. It’s even better when it’s not old-school ...

The word “Schlieren” is German, and translates roughly to “streaks”. What is streaky photography, and why might you want to ...