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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some projects are a rite of passage within their respected fields. For computer science, building one’s own computer from scratch is certainly among those projects. Of course, we’re not talking about ...

If you've been collecting tech for a while, you might have at least one old PC you don't use anymore. Find a new use for the case instead of throwing it out.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Neither you nor your gadgets can escape the passage of time. A ...

Two years ago my son and I built a computer. The computer has started freezing...the mouse and keyboard don't respond, eventually, if we keep moving the mouse, the computer emits a high pitch tone ...