Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t ...

Media formats have come a long way since the early days of computing. Once upon a time, the very idea of even playing live ...

While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not ...

Many have sought the holy grail of making commercial media both readable and copy-proof, especially once everyone began to ...

Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the ...

There was a time when building a telescope was a rite of passage for budding astronomers, much as building a radio was the ...

Michelle Hampson] reports in IEEE Spectrum that Chinese researchers may improve self-driving cars by mimicking how the human ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re ...

The 30 th anniversary of the World Wide Web passed earlier this year. Naturally, this milestone was met with truckloads of nerdy fanfare and pining for those simpler times. In three decades, the ...

We just got our hands on some engineering pre-samples of the ESP32-C3 chip and modules, and there’s a lot to like about this chip. The question is what should you compare this to; is it more an ...

We always enjoy watching [Kerry Wong] put an oscilloscope through its paces. His recent video is looking at a very inexpensive FNIRSI 1014D ‘scope that you can also find rebranded. You can ...

So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful product. Whether it ...