I’ve always been drawn to the mystique of the miniature survival kit. Imagine that you've been transported to the wilderness, and must survive with only the gear that fits in an Altoids tin! If it was ...

Lee Hart’s 1802 Membership Card is a reproduction of the original Popular Electronics COSMAC 1802 Elf computer that’s been shrunken down to fit in an Altoids tin! In an earlier column, I mentioned how ...

This is adorable: a tiny charcoal BBQ grill using an Altoids Sours tin, two metal computer fan guards, and some sheet metal screws for legs. It looks like it fits one regular-sized briquette. As one ...

Talk about upcycling — this tiny barbeque grill is made from a single Altoids Sours tin, two salvaged computer fan guards and a handful of nuts and screws, and it’s big enough to handle a wiener or a ...

The ’80’s and early ’90’s saw a huge proliferation of “personal” computers, spawning an army of hacker kids who would go on to hone their computing chops on 8-bit and 16-bit computers from brands such ...