4+ hour, 1+ min ago  (331+ words) Meshtastic has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, as the off-grid, long-range radio text messaging protocol gains a ton of new users. It's been used to create mesh networks in cities, du... Meshtastic has been experiencing a bit…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (773+ words) Let's face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it's just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash password for everything. And at that point you need a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (617+ words) What would happen if you lost your memory, even partially? With so much of our lives being digital, forgetting your passwords (or the master key to your password manager) could be disastrous. Haunted ... What would happen if you lost your…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (332+ words) Although it can be hard to imagine in today's semiconductor-powered, digital world, there was electrical technology around before the widespread adoption of the transistor in the latter half of the 19... Although it can be hard to imagine in today's semiconductor-powered,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (239+ words) Kodak MC3: Everything But A Phone In 2001Hackaday At the time that the Kodak MC3 was released this made it a rather unique device, with it in hindsight being basically a smartphone without the phone, as [Tech Tangents] aptly notes in his recent…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (218+ words) Before the Internet, there was a certain value to knowing how to find out about things. Reference librarians could help you locate specialized data like the Thomas Register, the EE and IC Masters for ... Before the Internet, there was a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (202+ words) A quiet shift over the last couple of decades in many places has been the disappearance of the traditional copper phone line. First the corded landline phone was replaced by cordless, then the phone m... A quiet shift over the last…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (579+ words) The core of communication is done over ESP-NOW, which is Espressif's own protocol for direct device-to-device broadcasting. This removes the need to involve any sort of external service like SIM cards or internet access to transmit voice. Performance is best…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (236+ words) When it comes to electromagnetic waves, humans can really only directly perceive a very small part of the overall spectrum, which we call "visible light." [rootkid] recently built an art piece that ha... When it comes to electromagnetic waves, humans…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (279+ words) An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a digital voice-over-IP (VoIP) network. In addition to this, you can even create... An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS…...