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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

70,000 movies at DVD quality. Or about 24 million songs. That’s what this home computer can hold inside its 60 hard drives—70 terabytes in a wood cabinet that uses 40 fans to keep things from burning.