Homemade Magic Makes The Metcal Go
First soldering irons are often of the Radioshack or Maplin firestarter variety. They’re basically wall power shorted across a nichrome heater or similar with some inline …
Thrust Vectoring With Compliant Mechanisms Is Hard
Thrust vectoring is one way to control aerial vehicles. It’s become more popular as technology advances, finding applications on fifth-generation fighter aircraft, as well as long …
Cycloid Drawing Machine Uses Sneaky Stepper Hack
Stepper motors are great for projects that require accurate control of motion. 3D printers, CNC machines and plotters are often built using these useful devices. InventorArtist …
The Smallest Hacker Camps Are The Most Satisfying, And You Can Do One Too
Two of my friends and I crammed into a small and aged European hatchback, drove all day along hundreds of miles of motorway, and finally through …
Enforce Speed Limits With A Rusty Bike
They say you can’t manage what you can’t measure, and that certainly held true in the case of this bicycle that was used to measure the …
Open Source Headset With Inside-Out Tracking, Video Passthrough
The folks behind the Atmos Extended Reality (XR) headset want to provide improved accessibility with an open ecosystem, and they aim to do it with a …
Try NopSCADlib For Your Next OpenSCAD Project
Most readers of this site are familiar by now with the OpenSCAD 3D modeling software, where you can write code to create 3D models. You may …
Back To Where (For Most Of Us) It Started, The Intel 8080
The early history of microprocessors is a surprisingly complex one, with more than one claimant for the prize of being the first, and multiple competing families. …
Surfing Diorama Makes For A Neat Desk Toy
In 1994, Weezer famously said that “you take your car to work, I’ll take my board”. Obviously, for the office-bound, surfing is simply out of the …
A Robotic Whiteboard Cleaner Keeps The Board Ready To Go
Wiping a whiteboard can be a tedious chore. Nobody wants to stick around after a long meeting to clean up, and sensitive information is often left …