The volume slider on our virtual desktops is a skeuomorphic callback to the volume sliders on professional audio equipment on ...

Cal Bryant] hacked together a home automation system years ago, which more recently utilizes Piper TTS (text-to-speech) ...

We always enjoy [FloatHeadPhysics] explaining any math or physics topic. We don’t know if he’s acting or not, but he seems genuinely excited about every topic he covers, and it is ...

Jonathan chats with Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss about KDE’s eco initiative and the End of 10 campaign! Is Open Source really a ...

It should probably come as no surprise to anyone that the images which we look at every day – whether printed or on a display – are simply illusions. That cat picture isn’t ...

If you are a certain age, you probably remember the ads and publicity around Chisanbop — the supposed ancient art of Korean ...

Do you ever look at the news, and wonder about the process behind the news cycle? I did, and for the last couple of decades ...

Normally you can’t read out the One Time Programming (OTP) memory in Microchip’s PIC MCUs that have code protection enabled, ...

Some people slander retrocomputing as an old man’s game, just because most of those involved are more ancient than the hardware they’re playing with. But there are veritable children ...

Many people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators. Even common simulators often need a trick ...

Bees are incredible insects that live and die for their hive, producing rich honey in complicated hive structures. The ...

If you need to cool something, the gold standard is using a gas compressor arrangement. Of course, there are definite downsides to that, like weight, power consumption, and vibrations. There are ...