Before there were laptop computers as we know them today, there were theoretically portable systems like the Osborne 1 which included keyboards, tiny screens, disk drives and a case designed to be ...

Before there were smartphones, there were personal digital assistants like the Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, and Compaq/HP iPAQ line of devices. And before those, there were really basic PDAs, like ...

We’ve seen a few retro products using core rope memory, such as telephone autodiallers. Obviously, we’ve covered the Apollo program computers, but we don’t think we’ve seen a complete and functional ...

A US-based science group intends to use a “crowd sale” to distribute brain-computer interfaces to a community of hackers. Dun-dun-dunnnnn! In our definition “Hackers” are creative problem-solvers, who ...

I am simultaneously the best and worst person to own a DevTerm. What’s more, I then successfully booted up the minicomputer with zero issues. After updates, the DevTerm’s ClockworkPi OS came preloaded ...

There's something exciting about the idea of building gadgets yourself, free from the compromises or constraints of existing products out there. Maybe you're worried about all the preinstalled ...

Here’s the most amazing 8-bit DIY computer implemented using a bunch of simple logic chips — along with a cornucopia of flashing LEDs — mounted on a cluster of breadboards. I stand in awe. As I’ve ...

Teenage Engineering, the hip Swedish tech/design brand that makes synths of all kinds (and a portable game machine with a crank) has built another computer chassis. And it’s free! But you also can’t ...

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DIY computer-maker Kano is diving into the Internet of Things. The British startup announced a Kickstarter campaign for three gadgets designed to let students and hobbyists build their own speakers, ...

Quantum computers once seemed like fanciful machines of the future. Now, a DIY kit means that anyone with enough money and engineering skills can have one of their own. Barcelona-based quantum ...