The Raspberry Pi has been used for many things over its lifetime, and we’re guessing that many of you will have one in ...

Some Mondays are worse than others, but April 28 2025 was particularly bad for millions of people in Spain and Portugal.

For those of us who aren’t blessed with a green thumb and who are perhaps a bit forgetful, plants can be surprisingly ...

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating ...

In the world of information security, much thought goes into ensuring that no information can leave computer networks without ...

In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking to purchase a home computer. On the high end, something like an Apple Lisa, a business-class IBM PC, or a workstation ...

When you hear “PS2” and “Windows 95,” you probably think someone forgot a slash and are talking about peripherals, but no — ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] ...

Ever since the invention of the microscope, humanity has gained access to the world of the incredibly small. Scientists discovered that creatures never known to exist before are alive in an ...

There was a time when print-in-place moving parts were a curiosity, but [Tomek] shows that things are now at a point where a hand-cranked turbine blower with integrated planetary gears can be ...

Taking a picture with a single photoresistor is a brain-breaking idea. But go deeper and imagine taking that same picture with the same photoresistor, but without even facing the object. [Jon ...

The humble piezo element is often used as little more than a buzzer in many projects. However, you can do more with them, as [Something Physical] demonstrates with their nifty piezo noise box.