Author: Lioba Ferreiro
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A Thermostat Programmed Around Real Life
Read more: A Thermostat Programmed Around Real LifeI was sitting on my workshop stool last Tuesday, surrounded by the guts of a 1950s pendulum clock, when I realized I hadn’t actually looked at the “brains” of my…
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Mapping a House for a Robot Vacuum
Read more: Mapping a House for a Robot VacuumI spent forty minutes yesterday watching my new little circular friend try to fight a battle against a single, rogue braided charging cable, only to end up wedged helplessly under…
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Your Rights With a Faulty Device
Read more: Your Rights With a Faulty DeviceLast Tuesday, I sat at my workbench with a vintage mantle clock that had decided to stop ticking mid-swing, and it reminded me of the sheer frustration of modern retail.…
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Local Processing and Why It Matters
Read more: Local Processing and Why It MattersI was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the guts of a 1950s Westclox, when my grandson asked why his tablet was “thinking” so…
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Reading a Gadget Review Critically
Read more: Reading a Gadget Review CriticallyI spent thirty-four years watching students stare blankly at a chalkboard, waiting for me to translate the invisible laws of physics into something they could actually feel. Now, I see…
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Matter, Thread and Zigbee
Read more: Matter, Thread and ZigbeeLast Tuesday, I sat at my workbench with a disassembled vintage pendulum clock, feeling that familiar, comforting resistance of brass gears against my tweezers. It’s a far cry from the…
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Automatic Updates and Their Risk
Read more: Automatic Updates and Their RiskI spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that people love to hide complexity behind shiny, expensive-sounding jargon. Tech companies…
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Recycling With Data Removed
Read more: Recycling With Data RemovedLast Tuesday, I found myself staring at a tangled nest of copper wiring and cracked lithium-ion casings in my workshop, wondering why the “official” guides make everything so needlessly complicated.…
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Trialling an App Reversibly
Read more: Trialling an App ReversiblyI was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century French carriage clock, when I realized how much modern software design…
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Making a Warranty Claim
Read more: Making a Warranty ClaimLast Tuesday, I was hunched over my workbench, trying to coax a stubborn escapement wheel back into place on a 1920s pendulum clock, when my mind drifted to the sheer…