Computers & Mobile

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!

The State of Boards: Small, Simple Hardware Rules

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a huge growth in the number and variety of both microcontroller boards and single-board computers.

A long-time dream project of Hep Svadja has been trying to hack together a way to get her old computer terminal to work again.

This week, Mozilla is trying to get makers to decentralize the web, the Girl Scouts tackle cybersecurity, board games go virtual, and more.

A clock maker tries building a copy of an ancient computer using the tools and engineering skills the original creators may have employed.

This week, Adam Savage toured Artisan’s Asylum, Stuck at Prom finalists were announced, and Jordan shares what he saw at E3.

The Commute Deck is designed to provide a productive computing experience for UNIX terminal work in tight places, like a train or airplane.

Last year, the BBC gave a small, embedded computer to nearly a million school children in order to provide coding experience for kids.