Mechanical switches have been a mainstay in keyboard technology for decades, resulting in a vast array of options. In ...

These were called differential analyzers. Analog computing by no means ended with the introduction of instruments with electronic representation of numbers. However, these were no longer “mechanical.” ...

This isn’t a hack. But it is a decidedly interesting piece of mechanical technology. The Whiffletree shown above is a way to turn binary data into a mechanical analog value. [Bill Hammack ...

The new hotness for DIY electronics is mechanical keyboards, and over the past few years we’ve seen some amazing innovations. This one is something different. It adds an analog sensor to nearly ...