What do you do with your MacBook Air when it has stopped working? One clever modder decided to make an all-in-one computer, similar to the Asus Eee Keyboard PC, using an Apple keyboard, a Magic ...

At Catholic University of America, as at many colleges these days, it seems that nearly every freshman arrives on campus with three key gadgets: an iPod, a cellphone, and a laptop. But Kyle Miller is ...

Sometimes it starts with a 555 timer and an op-amp. Other times with a small microcontroller. But the timing’s not so great and needs a dedicated timing crystal circuit. And maybe some more memory, ...

Ever wanted to have your very own Microsoft Surface at home, but don’t want to pay the high cost of entry? No problem, just make your own!. This multitouch table screen, dubbed the MTbiggie, is the ...

It may not be the world’s best-looking homemade computer, but it could be one with the largest capacities. Made by a Russian PC enthusiast, this impressive machine boasts a massive 70-terabytes of ...

Shigeru Kondo is 56 and has already twice set the record for the most digits of pi calculated. His most recent record, 10 trillion digits, took a year to complete on his home-built supercomputer. Host ...

One man has spent four years and £40,000 building a giant, room-sized computer that can be used to play Tetris. James Newman built the ‘megaprocessor’ in his living room in Cambridge, but with it ...

As Facebook was celebrating its 10th anniversary, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and one of Google's first employees were celebrating an anniversary of their own: Google's historic first data center.

The project creates a Z80 computer which provides the possibility of producing a video board that utilizes TV as the monitor. There are two boards, CPU and video, that comprise the machine and a ...