The word “Schlieren” is German, and translates roughly to “streaks”. What is streaky photography, and why might you want to use it in a project? And where did this funny term come ...

The Intel 8051 series of 8-bit microcontrollers is long-discontinued by its original manufacturer, but lives on as a core ...

Once upon a time, typing “www” at the start of a URL was as automatic as breathing. And yet, these days, most of us go ...

Not too long ago, I was searching for ideas for the next installment of the “Big Chemistry” series when I found an article ...

Every year lightning strikes cause a lot of damage — with the high-voltage discharges being a major risk to buildings, ...

If you take two objects with fairly smooth surfaces, and put these together, you would not expect them to stick together. At ...

No, see, it’s what’s inside that counts. Believe it or not, [nobutternoparm] retrofitted this innocent, adorable little ...

Cryptographic messaging has been in the news a lot recently. Like the formal audit of WhatsApp (the actual PDF). And the ...

They might call it Levity, but there’s nothing funny about Rapid Liquid Print’s new silicone 3D printer. It has to be seen to be believed, and luckily [3D Printing Nerd] gives us lots ...

You think of op amps as amplifiers because, no kidding, it is right in the name. But just like some people say, “you could do ...

Mira] found himself slipping into a bit of a rabbit hole while investigating why only under Apple II MAME emulation there was ...

We don’t often consider using do-it-yourself projects as a hedge against the apocalypse. But [The Thought Emporium] thinks we ...