Workshop brief
About HollowTech Labs
An independent technology workshop for experimental hardware, software, communications, retro computing, and maker projects.
HollowTech Labs is where ideas that start with “I wonder if we could…” get turned into something real enough to test.
The lab is an independent workshop rather than a product company or formal research institution. The work moves freely between electronics, software, radio, fabrication, old computers, new microcontrollers, and whatever tool makes the next experiment possible.
Some projects are practical. Some exist because the technical problem is interesting. Others begin as unnecessary inventions and accidentally become useful. The common thread is building them far enough to find out.
Working range
What is on the bench
- 01
Electronics
- 02
Software
- 03
Radio & LoRa
- 04
Retro Computing
- 05
3D Printing
- 06
Fabrication
Operating method
How the lab works
Procedure // 01
Build
Ideas are expected to become circuits, programs, mechanisms, interfaces, or prototypes that can be put on the bench.
Procedure // 02
Test
Assumptions get measured. Prototypes get used. The interesting part starts when reality disagrees with the plan.
Procedure // 03
Break
Failures are engineering data. A broken version usually knows something the next version needs to learn.
Procedure // 04
Document
Build logs, decisions, experiments, and mistakes are recorded so useful knowledge survives the work session.
Public record
The work stays visible
Project records explain what is being built. Lab Notes preserve the experiments, failures, discoveries, and decisions made along the way. Together they form the engineering record of the workshop.