Just in case anyone secretly had the idea that Valve Software's VR and other hardware somehow sprang fully-formed from a lab, here are some great photos and video of early prototypes, and interview...

Fallout 4, the latest tale of post-apocalyptic tale of wasteland wanderers, got its latest DLC yesterday. This add-on, Contraptions Workshop, adds new objects and parts to Fallout 4’s settlem…

It’s no surprise that things change as we age, and that tasks that were once trivial become difficult. Case in point: my son asked for help with the cord on his gaming headset the other night…

In an ambitious and ingenious blend of mechanical construction and the art of dance, [Syuko Kato] and [Vincent Huyghe] from The Bartlett School of Architecture’s Interactive Architecture Lab …

It’s the easiest thing in the world — simple, straightforward serial data. It’s the fallback communication protocol for nearly every embedded system out there, and so it’s o…

[Rulof] never ceases to impress us with what he comes up with and how he hacks it together. Seriously, how did he even know that the obscure umbrella part he used in this project existed, let alone th...

The team over at [Braille Skateboarding] is willing to ride just about anything. This week they're testing out 3D printed skateboard wheels. We're not just talking rolling around here, the [Braille] ...

[Javier] has put in his time playing Final Fantasy X. In the game, there’s a challenge where you have to dodge 200 consecutive lightning strikes by pressing a button at just the right time. […

Every time you watch a SpaceX livestream to see a roaring success or fireball on a barge (pick your poison), you probably see a few cubesats go up. Everytime you watch a Soyuz launch that is inexpl…

While building a robot (nearly) from scratch isn't easy, it needn't be a lengthy process.  Is it possible to build a bot in a single day? With some musical motivation (a 10 hour loop of the A-Team ...

[Caleb Peters] looked at the Shapeoko 3 CNC kit, a kit designed to make building an entry level CNC router a possibility for anyone, a kit to take the guesswork out of the equation, a kit that remo…

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I just had my car in for an inspection and an oil change. The garage I take my car to is generally okay, they’re more honest than a stealership, but they don’t cross all their t’s…

Everything is getting smaller all the time. Computers used to take rooms, then desks, and now they fit in your pocket or on your wrist. Researchers that investigate light sensors have known that indiv...

Today marks the opening of the Supplyframe Design Lab in Pasadena, California. The Design Lab bills itself as the "leading edge creative center built to foster new ideas in technology and design". Sup...

Going down the list (FCC, CE, UL, etc.) we can't think of a regulating body that will test for this failure mode. Reportedly, a $1M irrigation system was taken down by a spider. And an itsy-bitsy spid...

Building a car engine can be a labor of love. Making everything perfect in terms of both performance and appearance is part engineering and part artistry. Setting your creation apart from the crowd is...

You have to be careful with CNC; it's a slippery slope. You start off one day just trying out a 3D printer, and it's not six months before you're elbow deep in a discarded Xerox looking for stepper mo...

"So just like every other great story in history, ours is going to start at the lathe." Truer words were never spoken, and thus begins the saga of turning a bar of chrome-moly steel into a shop-built ...

There's no piece of technology that has been more useful, more influential on the next generation of sysadmins and engineers, and more polarizing than the Raspberry Pi. For $35 (or just $5), you get a...

If necessity is the mother of invention, then inconvenience is its frustrating co-conspirator. Faced with a finicky dryer that would shut down mid-cycle with a barely audible beep if its load was unev...