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We make no claims to be an expert on anything, but we do know that rule number one of working with big, expensive, mission-critical equipment is: Don’t break the big, …read more

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Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, Huntington’s disease is a condition that still comes with a tragic prognosis. Primarily an inherited disease, its main symptoms concern degeneration of the …read more

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Meet The Shape That Cannot Pass Through Itself

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By Donald Papp | November 17, 2025

Can a shape pass through itself? That is to say, if one had two identical solids, would it be possible to orient one such that a hole could be cut …read more
Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Cipher-Capable Typewriter

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By Kristina Panos | November 17, 2025

I must confess that my mouth froze in an O when I saw [Jeff]’s Typeframe PX-88 Portable Computing System, and I continue to stare in slack-jawed wonder as I find …read more
Watching Radioactive Decay With A Homemade Spinthariscope

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By Aaron Beckendorf | November 17, 2025

Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and radiation is the spinthariscope, which let people …read more
Tech In Plain Sight: Pneumatic Tubes

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By Al Williams | November 17, 2025

Today, if you can find a pneumatic tube system at all, it is likely at a bank drive-through. A conversation in the Hackaday bunker revealed something a bit surprising. Apparently, …read more
TMS9900-based Home Brew Computer

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By John Elliot V | November 17, 2025

[Usagi Electric] is known for minicomputers, but in a recent video, he shows off his TMS9900-based homebrew computer. The TMS9900 CPU was an early 16-bit CPU famously used in the old …read more
Reverse Engineering The Miele Diagnostic Interface

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By Maya Posch | November 17, 2025

Since modern household appliances now have an MCU inside, they often have a diagnostic interface and — sometimes — more. Case in point: Miele washing machines, like the one that …read more
An Introduction To DC Motor Technology

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By John Elliot V | November 16, 2025

[Thinking Techie] takes us back to basics in a recent video explaining how magnets, coils, brushed DC motors, and brushless DC motors work. If this is on your “to learn” …read more

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