For most people, calculators are cheap and simple devices used for little more than addition and the odd multiplication job.

Smoothie bikes are a great way to make a nutritious beverage while getting a workout at the same time. [Tony Goacher] was ...

The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs. Cut the skin, and the blood will clot over the wound and the healing ...

When last we saw [xoreaxeax], he had built a lens-less optical microscope that deduced the structure of a sample by recording ...

Everyone knows that bearings are a consumable wear item, and that the power head of a vacuum likely contains bearings that will eventually need to be replaced. Yet when the manufacturer wants you ...

Decades ago, shows like Star Trek, The Jetsons, and Lost in Space promised us a future full of helpful computers and robot ...

When you can buy something at a low price in one location, and sell it at a higher price somewhere else, you’re engaged in what economists call “arbitrage”. We’re not sure ...

Today marks an auspicious anniversary which might have passed us by had it not been for [Diamond Geezer], who reminds us that ...

Over the past years, the author of the cURL project, [Daniel Stenberg], has repeatedly complained about the increasingly poor ...

An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a ...

Before the refrigerator became a normal part of any kitchen, those with enough money to throw around could get an icebox, ...

If you’re reading this, you probably have some fondness for human-crafted language. After all, you’ve taken the time to ...