Meet Project Patchouli, an open-source drawing tablet project to 'build your own tablet from scratch'

For something intended to mimic good old pencil and paper, drawing tablets and the tech behind them are surprisingly complicated. If you fancy a crash course in how they work and want to build your ...

These paper batteries made from plants want to replace AA and AAA cells

At this year's show, Flint wasn't showing off just lab prototypes. The batteries running toy trains at its booth were production-grade AA and AAA cells made ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Inspired by Octopus Skin, This Synthetic Material Can Change Color and Texture on Demand

The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...
Hackaday

Repairing Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases

As computers like the venerable breadbox Commodore 64 age, their plastic doesn’t just turn increasing shades of yellow and brown, the ABS plastic also tends to get brittle. This is a problem ...