Vibe coding is the buzzword of the moment. What is it? The practice of writing software by describing the problem to an AI ...

BorisDigital] was mesmerised by a modern elevator. He decided to see how hard it would be to design his own elevator based on ...

Underwater robots face many challenges, not least of which is how to move around. ZodiAq is a prototype underwater soft robot (link is to research paper) that takes an unusual approach to this ...

Sitting in front of a computer all day isn’t exactly what the firmware between our ears was tuned to do. We’re supposed to be ...

If you want to get started in microfluidic robotics, [soiboi soft’s] salamander is probably too complex for a first project.

An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better if it still works. Unfortunately, there’s ...

IBM mainframes are known for very unusual terminals. But IBM made many different things, including the IBM 3151 ASCII terminal, which uses a cartridge to emulate a VT220 terminal. [Norbert Keher] ...

Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System (DOS), whether this includes running legacy ...

We know you’ve seen them: the time-lapses that show a 3D print coming together layer-by-layer without the extruder taking up ...

Should you travel around Europe, you may notice that things in France are ever so slightly different. Not necessarily better or worse, simply that the French prefer to plough their own furrow ...

[JesseDarr] recently wrote in to tell us about their dynamic Arm for Robitc Mischief (dARM), a mostly 3D printed six degrees of freedom (6DOF) robotic arm that’s designed to be stronger and more ...

In the 1982 movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, a classroom of students receives a set of paperwork to pass backward. Nearly ...