The Chinese had been using large crossbows – akin to Greek and Roman ballistae – for warfare for many of the same reasons ...

The Philips CD-i is a console with many shortcomings, and those include the power supply. For whatever reason, the ...

It’s no longer a proper month without Microsoft breaking its own record for security fixes, and October’s Patch Tuesday was no exception. Brian Krebs brings the roundup: more than ...

If we’re honest, there aren’t a whole lot of accessories coming out for the MSX computer line this holiday period. There is, ...

Technically, what [Macona] built with a surplus Solar T-62 turbine is not a dune buggy, but a sand rail, but it does have the ...

One of the major limits of mass-produced batteries is the electrolyte. From lead-acid to lithium ion, there’s some ...

For as many sensors, cameras, and computers as there are on modern cars, they ought to be a dream to poke around in and ...

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met to review the week in Hackaday. Turns out, it was a week for tiny things, cybersecurity, nostalgia, and projects that would have been nearly ...

The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that you might find on ...

When you look into the night sky, you can’t help but wish to bring the outer worlds to your doorstep. One of the best ways to do that is to photograph the Moon’s surface to display in a frame. However ...

Flying and driving simulators can go as far as money will take you, and at some point it might end up being cheaper to buy a plane or race car than to keep adding capabilities to some of the sim rigs ...

While you may not be familiar with the term “busy board”, you’ve almost certainly seen one. It’s the sort of toy with a bunch of buttons, switches, and of course LEDs, that are designed to keep young ...