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Using Solar Air Heating to Dry Clothes

Using Solar Air Heating to Dry Clothes

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The BornHack 2026 Cyber Ægg Is A Badge With A Life Afterwards

The BornHack 2026 Cyber Ægg Is A Badge With A Life Afterwards

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How Octopuses Hacked their Ribosome to Become Smart

How Octopuses Hacked their Ribosome to Become Smart

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Wireless LCD Streaming for the ANENG AN870 Multimeter

Wireless LCD Streaming for the ANENG AN870 Multimeter

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Bad Apple on a Karaoke Machine

Bad Apple on a Karaoke Machine

A fresh space update is giving scientists and engineers another useful data point, the kind that can matter long after the launch photo or mission headline fades.

The value of space work is often delayed. The public moment is the mission update; the real payoff comes from the data, the engineering lessons and the experiments that follow.

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A Sloshing-Mercury-Powered Neon Light

A Sloshing-Mercury-Powered Neon Light

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A USB Port by Any Other Color…

A USB Port by Any Other Color…

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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White Rails are the Infrastructure Hack We Didn’t Know We Needed

White Rails are the Infrastructure Hack We Didn’t Know We Needed

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NTSB investigators confirm Tesla driver overrode Full Self-Driving system in fatal crash

NTSB investigators confirm Tesla driver overrode Full Self-Driving system in fatal crash

A new gadget story is only interesting if it survives contact with ordinary life: charging, durability, usefulness, price and whether people still reach for it after the novelty fades.

The gadget market is crowded. A product earns attention when it solves a daily problem clearly, not when it merely adds another line to a spec sheet.

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Cut And Fold Your 3D Printer’s Next Cover

Cut And Fold Your 3D Printer’s Next Cover

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DOOM runs (slowly) in a IBM PC-Compatible CSS Sheet

DOOM runs (slowly) in a IBM PC-Compatible CSS Sheet

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Pinch Puts an Arduino On a USB-C Connector

Pinch Puts an Arduino On a USB-C Connector

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Spacecraft Commissioning On Track for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift

Spacecraft Commissioning On Track for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift

A fresh space update is giving scientists and engineers another useful data point, the kind that can matter long after the launch photo or mission headline fades.

The value of space work is often delayed. The public moment is the mission update; the real payoff comes from the data, the engineering lessons and the experiments that follow.

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Hacking Around the Financial Pain of New 3DS XL Top Screens

Hacking Around the Financial Pain of New 3DS XL Top Screens

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The Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All

The Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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AIM-ing For a More Open Platform Than Discord

AIM-ing For a More Open Platform Than Discord

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Benchmarking Repairability Scores with an Asus Tablet

Benchmarking Repairability Scores with an Asus Tablet

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Full Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away

Full Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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The Seemingly Impossible Oscillator

The Seemingly Impossible Oscillator

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