Slashdong Articles and Projects

How Shit Works

Sex Toys. You stick them on or even in very sensitive, very prone places of your body. But do you have any idea how they work? In this section, we'll go over the basic scientific ideas behind sex toys. We strive to make things as easy to read and math-free as possible, though we cannot guarantee the turn-on inducing effects of any of this material. Have *you* ever tried to write a sexy tutorial on fourier transforms, huh?

Discussion on HSW Articles can be found on the message boards

11/05/2005

How Shit Works: Drawing Power from USB Ports

Ever since the inception of the USB spec in 1995, USB has quickly become the leading connection mechanism for mass marketed PC peripherals. One of the advantages is the fact that products can draw power directly from the port instead of having to rely on an outside source. In this article, we explain the specifications and limits of drawing power from USB, as well as revealing some of the "off the spec" secrets USB Designers use.

06/12/2005

How Shit Works: Teledildonics

This tutorial covers the theory behind the software and hardware used in teledildonics these days.

Teledildonics is just remote controlled. sex. You hit a button, and someone else in a far away place gets all vibratey. In its current form, the implementation is ridiculously simple. No one has done much of anything interesting with teledildonics yet. However much that sucks for the end user, if you're reading this, you're probably not one of them. You're an enterprising hacker who wants to get off using your computer. It's very easy to understand the current state of things in remote controlled sex, and to start improving on them, and that's just what we expect you to do.

06/02/2005	How Shit Works: Vibrators
	Most sex toys involve them, you stick them all around/in your body, but do you know how that work? This tutorial goes over the engineering, physics, and electrical basics of why vibrators make us feel so damn good.

Syndication