When I was an Engineer, our collection of tools included the ones required for on-site repair. Hence the Soldering Iron, solder and the ‘sucker’ aka the de-soldering tool. In reality, the latter was rarely used and so, not many had them. So, apart from the Repair Team, I was the only Engineer to carry a […]
Category Archives: Technology
The MV3 Histrix from Croatia
This is one heck of a… thing. It’s ideal for Urban Combat/ Rescue/ etc. just as long as there are no enemies from above. Here is the link to their Website.
20250527 NFC213 Sticker
So, finally, I got the chance to try out the 2023 NFC stickers. It’s not because I do not have a NFC enabled device or anything but I think it’s very likely I bought them on a whim. At that time, I was very interested with the concept of turning them into a tapable or […]
20241116 The Zero Ohm Resistor
I have come across this resistor in some boards and mostly, from the Internet. My mind was thinking, why, of all things, do you need a zero resistance component on a circuit board? This weird component comes in both through-hole and SMD packages too. But for this post, I am concentrating on the surface mount […]
20240923 WordPress has an AI Image (tool?)
Like it or not, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is coming to us. In the past few weeks, I have seen posts on Facebook showing how AI can now do movies with less or little errors compared to a year ago. Even the images now are so real, it is quite hard to tell it apart and […]
