The industrial world runs behind everyone else, technologically speaking. Reliability, safety, and maintenance are the biggest concerns, which means tried-and-true control solutions reign supreme. Even new facilities…
When it comes to 3D printing in the FDM world, you can go a long way just relying on standard settings that ship with your 3D printer and/or slicer. If …read more
There’s been a lot of talk about the vuln-pocalypse, to which Dan Luu doesn’t have much to add because Dan isn’t not a security person. But there hasn’t been much discussion on the closely related (and to be fair, less…
Philomena posts on Philo’s Website about using an industrial linear scanning camera to take very wide photos out of trains and ferries. Getting it working has been quite the challenge, but I think the results speak for…
Meta has filed for a patent that includes a “memory recall” system that appears to: detect people via facial recognition, record them automatically, and show you a highlights reel later. Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses…
A new paper in the Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities entitled Data Center Waste Heat as an Emerging Urban Thermal Hazard: First Field Measurements of Neighborhood-Scale Air Temperature Impacts…
If you are a regular reader, then the odds are you have taken apart an electronic gadget, either for a fix, or simply because your curiosity got the better of …read more
Dean Millien working at his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn (image courtesy James Fisher-Smith) via Hyperallergic Hyperallergic highlights Brooklyn artist and self-taught sculptor Dean Millien. Millien recently made his…
James Bowman on the Excamera Labs Substack discusses that, unlike in the media, real inventors make prototypes. Some rules: At least one prototype before production Not too may prototypes You don’t ship the prototype I…
Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week ! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there…
The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled…
Origin begins rolling out today in early beta on all Cursor paid plans. They’re starting with the essentials, designed for agent scale: repos, pull requests, code browsing, and GitHub sync. Agent-native features ship…
Guanzhong Chen’s discusses the experience fixing their Framework 13” laptop with an AMD 7060 series processor that was bricked due to a failed BIOS update. It ended up taking US$20 worth of tools, instead of replacing…
This project by an engineering student (CroissantPoisson) is the perfect blend of the DIY spirit and that summer feeling. See more details here on Instructables: Last summer, my friends showed up unannounced at my door…
Although we personally have yet to see anyone brandishing an old digital point-and-shoot camera, we hear they’re back in vogue. Why, though? People are nostalgic for that image quality. While …read more
Adafruit last reported on Repair Cafés in 2017 where their popularity was growing. Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located,…
🐍 Augusst is ssslipping away which can only mean itsss almost CircuitPython Day 2026! This Friday, August 21, 2026 we celebrate the snakiest of holidays! CircuitPython Day is an official holiday for the Adafruit team;…
Digi-Comp I image via Wikipedia A very cool piece of computer history from Chris Staecker on YouTube. It looks like a simple toy but the Digi-Comp 1 is actually a fully functional mechanical digital computer. Was this…
What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. …read more
This post gives a modular performance at Modular On The Spot Munich by synthesist and sound designer Martha Bahr, aka Panic Girl. Bahr’s performance, The Day The Earth Stood Still, was recorded at MOTS Munich on July…