We get it. We also watched Star Trek and thought how cool it would be to talk to our computer. From Kirk setting a self-destruct sequence, to Scotty talking into a mouse, or Picard ordering Earl Grey, ...

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. I didn’t notice how much typing slowed my thoughts down until I realized I’d stopped. It hit me on a Saturday afternoon. I was ...

Our hacker from [Appalachian Forge Works] wrote in to let us know about their vending machine build: a Halloween vending computer that talks. He starts by demonstrating the vending process: a backlit ...