Supercapacitors rely mostly on double-layer capacitance to bridge the divide between chemical batteries and traditional capacitors, but they come with a number of weaknesses. Paramount among these ...

We don’t usually speculate on the true identity of the hackers behind these projects, but when [TN666]’s accoustic ...

A switch is simple: connect two pieces of metal together and bam! Except, it’s not that simple at high currents. How much ...

Stream decks are pretty useful in all kinds of contexts, but commercial models can feel a bit pricy for what is effectively a ...

The Z80 has been gone a couple of years now, but it’s very much not forgotten. Still, the day when new-old-stock and salvaged ...

If you’ve ever run a game server or used BitTorrent, you probably know that life is easier if your router supports UPnP ...

Graphics calculators are one of those strange technological cul-de-sacs. They rely on outdated technology and should not be nearly as expensive as they are, but market effects somehow keep prices ...

In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting ...

One of the coolest things about old hi-fi hardware is that it often came with flickety needles that danced with the audio ...

[Nicholas LaBonte] shows off a Cyberdeck Handheld that demonstrates just how good something can look when care and attention goes into the design and fabrication. He wanted to make something that ...

Stabilizing an inverted pendulum is a classic problem in control theory, and if you’ve ever taken a control systems class you might remember seeing pages full of differential equations and bode ...

Bob Widlar (1937-1991) is without a doubt one of the most famous hardware engineers of all time. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is the person who single-handedly started the ...