1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (31+ words) We're at a fortunate moment: microcontrollers available at modest prices are edging into the capability level previously reserved for full-fat systems and can, through emulation, run software beyond c......

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (40+ words) When you see a listing for an Ethernet switch whose specification list is in effect 'yes', with a four-digit price tag when new, and with the seller asking for less than 10% of said $3,000 asking pric......

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (199+ words) hackaday.com Netbooks were a class of tiny laptops which hit their peak over a decade ago, with the idea being that you could use the Internet and do your computing on the move with ease Unfortunately manufacturers were scared…...

1+ week, 34+ min ago   (258+ words) [Gadget Industry] bills it as “a PC inside a Mouse“, but that depends on your definition of a “PC”. This is a Personal Computer inside a mouse, yes, but there’s nothing IBM-compatible about the tiny ARM board he squeezes inside…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (42+ words) [Gadget Industry] bills it as "a PC inside a Mouse", but that depends on your definition of a "PC". This is a Personal Computer inside a mouse, yes, but there's nothing IBM-compatible about the tiny A......

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (37+ words) A surprising number of things we use in everyday life retain most of their design cues from their 19th century ancestors. The bicycle retains the same basic design as it had in 1890, as does the sewin......

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (41+ words) [Scott Baker] bought a TRS-80 Color Computer off eBay some five years ago. He'd always intended to add a CoCoVGA or CoCoDV upgrade to hook it up to a monitor, but the device was sold out and his name......

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (35+ words) The introduction of optical media in the form of CDs meant a revolution in the world of gaming consoles, escaping the restrictions of a few dozen MB of storage and instead offering a theoretically inf......

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (37+ words) It's technically true that any piece of software can be reproduced in hardware, although modern software's size and complexity generally makes this a non-starter. But if we go far enough back in time,......

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (41+ words) [Artificial-Age] has built a rather unique way to play old Game Boy games. It's an emulator, but it doesn't work in quite the way you might think! Since the Game Boy is a relatively simple 8-bit mach......