Building a Sturdy, Steel Sliding Mount for 3 Computer Monitors
Faced with the prospect of moving three times in one year, Mitch Willing built a sliding steel mount for his 3 monitors and computer.
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Computers
This Functioning Monster 6502 Is a Larger Than Life Version of the Iconic Microchip
The Monster 6502 is an incredible homage to the chip that revolutionized home computing.
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April Fools’ Day in the Office: 7 Pranks You Can Pull Off from Your Desk
With just a few clicks, you can get your coworkers good with these computer pranks fit for April Fools’ Day.
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Ditch the Aluminum for an Elegant Wooden Computer Enclosure
This classy computer case was made using basic woodworking and computer skills. It looks great and can be done by a novice.
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Electronics That Last: How I Built an Heirloom Laptop
Imagine an laptop you could pass down to your kids. Kurt Mottweiler walks us through the design considerations in making an heirloom laptop.
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A Simple, Inexpensive Computer for Developing Nations Hits it Big at Home
A Kickstarter campaign for Endless Computer, a low cost desktop unit aimed at the developing world, has eclipsed its $100,000 funding goal with 22 days left on its campaign. “This product has been designed in the developing world, side by side with our users,” the Endless team wrote. “We went into the field and into people’s […]
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Kits and Revolutions
The Industrial Revolution began with kits. In 1763, Glasgow University’s scale model Newcomen steam engine broke, so the physics professor asked the school’s resident mechanic to fix it. A talented instrument maker, this university employee didn’t just get the machine working again, he figured out a clever way to improve the design by turning a […]
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