Sometimes the simplest of projects end up revealing the most interesting of things, as for example is the case with [Ryo Mukai]’s light pen for the Vectrex console. It’s an extremely simple device ...

Sometimes the simplest of projects end up revealing the most interesting of things, as for example is the case with [Ryo Mukai]’s light pen for the Vectrex console. It’s an extremely simple device ...

There's something special about 80's technology. So much of it has the feeling of a first draft, of dipping one's toe into a deep pool while trying to figure out the best way to use technology. So it ...

One city skyline is dazzling enough. Now imagine 15,000 of them. Researchers have done just that -- drawing 15,000 identical skylines with tiny beams of light using an innovative nanofabrication ...

Microsoft's current focus on touch-display interaction - as evidenced by its pushing of Metro UI in Windows 8 and its Surface interactive tables and Windows-based tablet product lines - is clear, but ...

Physicians and repair engineers often use small light pens for visual examination Spurposes. Rugged and expensive as these pens may be, their weak point is the bulb, which is a ‘serviceable’ part. In ...