Bare Metal STM32: Increasing The System Clock And Running Dhrystone

When you start an STM32 MCU with its default configuration, its CPU will tick along at a leisurely number of cycles on the order of 8 to 16 MHz, using …read more

Catching Those Old Busses

The PC has had its fair share of bus slots. What started with the ISA bus has culminated, so far, in PCI Express slots, M.2 slots, and a few other …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Curious Keyboards

I love first builds! They say so much about a person, because you see what’s paramount to them in a keyboard. You can almost feel their frustration at other keyboards …read more

Thorium-Metal Alloys And Radioactive Jet Engines

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more

Pufferfish Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode …read more

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Building A Multi-Channel Pipette For Parallel Experimentation

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By Aaron Beckendorf | December 20, 2025

One major reason for the high cost of developing new drugs and other chemicals is the sheer number of experiments involved; designing a single new drug can require synthesizing and …read more
Hardware Store Marauder’s Map Is Clarkian Magic

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By Tyler August | December 20, 2025

The “Marauder’s Map” is a magical artifact from the Harry Potter franchise. That sort of magic isn’t real, but as Arthur C. Clarke famously pointed out, it doesn’t need to …read more
The ‘Hidden’ Microphone Inside The Sipeed NanoKVM

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By Maya Posch | December 20, 2025

Recently, [Jeff Geerling] dropped into the bad press feeding frenzy around Sipeed’s NanoKVM, most notably because of a ‘hidden’ microphone that should have no business on a remote KVM solution. …read more
Two-Wheeled Arduino Robot Project For Beginners

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By John Elliot V | December 20, 2025

Here’s a fun build from [RootSaid] that is suitable for people just getting started with microcontrollers and robotics — an Arduino-controlled two-wheeled robot. The video assumes you already have one …read more
Retrocomputing: Simulacrum Or The Real Deal?

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By Elliot Williams | December 20, 2025

The holidays are rapidly approaching, and you probably already have a topic or two to argue with your family about. But what about with your hacker friends? We came upon …read more
Testing 8 Solder Flux Pastes After Flux Killed A GeForce2 GTS

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By Maya Posch | December 20, 2025

Flux is one of those things that you cannot really use too much of during soldering, as it is essential for cleaning the surface and keeping oxygen out, but as …read more
Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible

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By Jenny List | December 20, 2025

Back in the early days of Linux, there were multiple floppy disk distributions. They made handy rescue or tinkering environments, and they packed in a surprising amount of useful stuff. …read more

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