Phosphor-based displays like CRTs rely on the phosphor to emit light for a set amount of time after being activated, allowing ...

Life was simpler when everything your computer did was text-based. It is easy enough to shove data into one end of a pipe and ...

By default, bash is the most popular command language simply because it’s included in most *nix operating systems.

Imagine you own a weather station. Then imagine that after some years have passed, you’ve had to replace one of the sensors ...

Most of us associate echolocation with bats. These amazing creatures are able to chirp at frequencies beyond the limit of our ...

If you live near Central Park or some other local chess hub, you’re likely never short of opponents for a good game. If you ...

Stephen] has a basement that depends on a sump pump. What that means is if the pump fails or the power goes out, the basement ...

Earlier this year [Skyhawkson] got ahold of an Apollo-era printed circuit board which he believes was used in a NASA test ...

There’s an old joke that they want to send an exploratory mission to the sun, but to save money, they are going at night. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has gotten as close ...

PCI Express (PCIe) has been around since 2003, and in that time it has managed to become the primary data interconnect for not only expansion cards, but also high-speed external devices.

For a lot of electrical and mechanical machines, there are nominal and peak ratings for energy output or input. If you’re in marketing or advertising, you’ll typically look at the peak ...

Computers! They’re in everything these days. Everything from thermostats to fridges and even window blinds are now on the Internet, and that makes them all ripe for hacking. Electric vehicle ...