History of the Enigma(cryptomuseum.com)

8 points by Koshkin 3 years ago | 2 comments

Le Sphinx – Pocket cipher device (1930)(cryptomuseum.com)

12 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 1 comments

The Prehistory of Computing, Part II(oranlooney.com)

57 points by olooney 1 year ago | 7 comments

Gakken Ex-System(en.wikipedia.org)

49 points by walterbell 2 years ago | 16 comments

Donald Bitzer has died(computerhistory.org)

199 points by sohkamyung 1 year ago | 21 comments

P1030680: Unbroken Enigma message (U534, 01 May 1945)(enigma.hoerenberg.com)

289 points by petecooper 3 years ago | 127 comments

Show HN: I built a synthesizer based on 3D physics(anukari.com)

465 points by humbledrone 1 year ago | 111 comments

Product homepage for Anukari, a software synthesizer and effects processor built on an interactive GPU-driven 3D physics simulation, now in beta.

Show HN: A walkable 3D art history museum built from Wikipedia(artmuseum.artfrompixels.com)

129 points by jasontr 19 days ago | 57 comments

An interactive art history museum built from Wikipedia data, showing artists and art movements on a zoomable timeline gallery wall and a star map view.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

900 points by Akcium 2 years ago | 153 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works, with draggable 3D demonstrations of its mechanism.

Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?(rivendell.dmitrybrant.com)

544 points by dmitrybrant 1 month ago | 236 comments

Interactive 3D browser simulation of a park where the speed of light is 5 km/h, showing length contraction, time dilation, Terrell rotation and Doppler effects.

Show HN: I 3D scanned the tunnels inside the Maya Pyramid Temples at Copan(mused.com)

421 points by lukehollis 2 years ago | 81 comments

Interactive guided virtual tour of 3D-scanned excavation tunnels inside Temple 26 and other Maya temples at Copán Ruinas, Honduras.

Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone(tsungxu.com)

391 points by tsungxu 1 year ago | 140 comments

A Substack post by Tsung Xu describing a 3D printed VTOL drone with 130-mile range he built in 90 days as a CAD beginner, with an embedded YouTube video.