Articles by TechStuff

From dialing a phone to making a mix tape, our language is filled with phrases spawned from obsolete tech. We take a look at some [Read more]

How has ink jet technology been used to dispense medication? How could a 3-D printer create medicine? In what other ways have printers been used [Read more]

What is the history of the touch screen? What are the different ways inventors have designed to make the technology work?  Learn more about your [Read more]

It’s a question the gaming industry has been asking for a while, fueled partly by some dramatic disagreements within the Entertainment Software Association. Is the [Read more]

How does the Microsoft Kinect work? What’s Microsoft’s position on hacking the Kinect? What are some of the most creative hacks? Join Jonathan and Chris [Read more]

In June, 2019, the OSIRIS-REx satellite entered an orbit less than 2,500 feet above the asteroid Bennu. In a few years, we might be mining [Read more]

From its founding in the 90s as a site to demystify the universe to the complicated, present-day structure, we look at Jonathan’s employer.  Learn more [Read more]

What was the Emergency Broadcast System? What did it have to do with the Cold War? How is the Emergency Alert System different from the [Read more]

There’s no doubt that iTunes changed the fortunes of Apple. So why did the company announce in 2019 that it was discontinuing the venerable program? [Read more]

Apple first unveiled iTunes in 2001, setting it and the company on an incredible journey. In this episode, we learn how iTunes came to be [Read more]