On today’s installment of UE1 vacuum tube computer construction, we join [David Lovett] once more on the Usagi Electric farm, as he determines just how much work remains before the project …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/17/completing-the-ue1s-paper-tape-reader-and-first-squiggles/)

Analog Shift Register Revealed
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/17/analog-shift-register-revealed/

Nowadays, if you want to delay an audio signal for, say, an echo or a reverb, you’d probably just do it digitally. But it wasn’t long ago that wasn’t a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/17/analog-shift-register-revealed/)

Ruined 1993 ThinkPad Tablet Brought Back From The Brink
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/ruined-1993-thinkpad-tablet-brought-back-from-the-brink/

Collecting retrocomputers is fun, especially when you find fully-functional examples that you can plug in, switch on, and start playing with. Meanwhile, others prefer to find the damaged examples and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/ruined-1993-thinkpad-tablet-brought-back-from-the-brink/)

The Laser Shadow Knows
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/the-laser-shadow-knows/

Normally, you think of things casting a shadow as being opaque. However, new research shows that under certain conditions, a laser beam can cast a shadow. This may sound like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/the-laser-shadow-knows/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Typo
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-typo/

Ceci n’est pas une keyboard, sure. But it’s keyboard-adjacent, and how. [Joshua Bemenderfer]’s wrists are tired of moving off the keyboard in order to mouse, and he decided to create …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-typo/)

Exploring the Gakken FX Micro-Computer
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Early computer kits aimed at learning took all sorts of forms, from full-fledged computer kits like the Altair 8800 to the ready-made MicroBee Computer-In-A-Book. For those just wanting to dip …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/exploring-the-gakken-fx-micro-computer/)

Do You Dream in Color?
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/do-you-dream-in-color/

According to the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, our language influences how we think and experience the world. That’s easy to imagine. Certainly our symbolism of mathematics influences how we calculate. Can you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/do-you-dream-in-color/)