In the quest for an accurate frequency standard there are many options depending on your budget, but one of the most affordable is an oven controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO). [RF Burns] has a ...

The primary feature of stepper motors is listed right within their name: their ability to ‘step’ forwards and backwards, ...

We are deeply intuitively familiar with our everyday physical world, so it was perhaps a bit of a surprise when researchers ...

We like mechanical calculators like slide rules, but we have to admit that we had not heard of the Ott Derivimeter that ...

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a class of material that’s been receiving significant attention as a possible successor of silicon. Recently, a team of researchers has ...

C. It’s gotten to the point that when you occasionally run across a gadget that doesn’t support being powered USB-C, the whole ...

We found it nostalgic to watch [ve3iku] fire up an old Loran-A receiver and, as you can see in the video below, he got it working. If you aren’t familiar with LORAN, it was a common radio ...

Cassette tapes were a major way of listening to (and recording) music througout the 1980s and 1990s and were in every hi-fi stereo, boom box, and passenger vehicle of the era. Their decline was ...

Normally, you have a choice with PCB prototypes: fast or cheap. [Stephen Hawes] has been trying fiber lasers to create PCBs. He’s learned a lot which he shares in the video below. Very ...

With 2024 now officially in the history books, it’s time to take our traditional look back and reflect on some of the top ...

It’s been a good 2025 so far! I just got back from Chaos Communication Congress, which is easily my favorite gigantic hacker ...

It’s the end of the year, and a few hardy souls gather in a hackerspace to enjoy a bit of seasonal food and hang out.