What happens to our digital history when the world’s biggest archive of retro video games disappears?

Consistency, visibility, and common sense matter in user interfaces—unfortunately, the folks at ecobee seem to have missed that memo.

How a perfectly good Bosch HVAC system was undermined by preventable mistakes, and a thermostat interface that defies logic.

Because sometimes the best replacement part… is the one you already have!

In which we meet a super-sized Arduino Uno that is making me drool with desire.

Most of the materials you read and see about gyroscopic precession explain WHAT happens, not WHY it happens.

Long foretold by science-fiction writers, surveillance-driven technologies now decide not just what we see—but what we pay.

The last thing I need at the moment is yet another project, but I’m sorely tempted by the Framework Laptop 12 DIY Edition.

After watching these videos, it’s hard to argue with the sentiment “There should be a Nobel Prize for engineering, not just in physics and chemistry.”

Here’s a seasonal sampler of intriguing videos, curious technologies, surprising history, and random delights collected during a rare pause for breath.

If you’re yearning for a project that reconnects you with the roots of our digital age, grab a soldering iron and prepare to party like it’s 1979!

Exploring an AI-only world where digital minds build societies while humans lurk outside the looking glass.