Andrew Liszewski

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Andrew LiszewskiJun 18, 2024

You can customize the mechanical keyboard on this distraction-free digital typewriter.

Un Kyu Lee’s Micro Journal Rev.6 is a purpose-built writing tool that trades the polish of Astrohaus’ Freewright devices for a cheaper price tag. The $169 kit pairs a hot-swappable keyboard with a monochromatic LCD display, a 30-hour battery, and wireless Google Drive syncing. The design files are also available through GitHub, eventually letting anyone 3D print and build their own.

Un Kyu Lee’s Micro Journal Rev.6 sitting on a wooden table surrounded by keycaps.

A user carrying the Micro Journal Rev.6 using its leather carrying strap.

A close-up of the Micro Journal Rev.6’s keyboard layout.

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Un Kyu Lee’s Micro Journal Rev.6 lets users swap in their own mechanical switches and keycaps.

Image: Tindie

The Pixelbot 3000 turns simple AI prompts into Lego mosaic masterpieces

Andrew LiszewskiJun 17, 2024

You can build this retractable glowing lightsaber using an old-school magic trick.

Disney’s “real” lightsaber wowed us with a glowing blade that extended and retracted, but since it refuses to sell it to Star Wars fans, the YouTube channel HeroTech made its own using LED strips, motors, and a magician’s cane. The effect is convincing, and if you’ve got the engineering skills you can even buy the plans to build your own.

Logitech’s first Meta Quest stylus helps artists work in 3D

Andrew LiszewskiJun 17, 2024

Remote workers using ‘mouse-mover’ technology are getting caught

Andrew LiszewskiJun 14, 2024

Winamp lives on in this custom touchscreen stereo.

The iconic desktop media player has enjoyed several revivals, but none as technically impressive as Rodrigo Méndez’s Linamp.

Powered by a Raspberry Pi 4B, the stereo’s touchscreen interface features Winamp’s recognizable UI, allowing music to be played from CDs, storage drives, and even Spotify. Most of the iconic Winamp features are there, including playlist editing, but those hypnotic visualizers are, unfortunately, MIA.