Collaborate Disseminate
GPS has changed the way we get around the globe. But if you command a warship, you must think about what you would do if an adversary destroyed or compromised …read more Continue reading Royal Navy Tests Quantum Navigation
Last time we talked about a video that purported to do plastic welding, we mentioned that the process wasn’t really plastic welding as we understood it. Judging by the comments, …read more Continue reading Plastic Welding Revisited
If you are a fan of LEGO bricks or Rube Goldberg, you should have a look at [Brick Technology’s] billion-year LEGO clock. Obviously, it hasn’t been tested for a billion …read more Continue reading Billion Year Clock is LEGO Genius or Madness
[Jacob Beningo] over at Embedded.com recently posted his thoughts on how to do a low-power microcontroller design. On the surface, some of his advice seems a little counter-intuitive. Even he …read more Continue reading Want Lower Power? Add More Cores!
It really isn’t necessary, but there is some geek cred to learning pi to some bizarre number of digits. One way to do that is via a piem — a …read more Continue reading The Printing of Pi
The early bird may get the worm, but [Stephen Chasey’s] birds only get to eat if they are smart. He’s created a vending machine for bird feeding. While this is …read more Continue reading This Vending Machine is for the Birds
If you want to start a heated discussion in 3D printing circles, ask people about the requirements to print safely. Is ABS safe to print without ventilation? Can you drink …read more Continue reading 3D Printing Safety (According to the UL)
I grew up in a small town with a small library. The next town over had what I thought at the time was a big library, but it was actually …read more Continue reading Farewell American Computer Magazines
It was always easy to spot engineering students in college. They had slide rules on their belts (later, calculators) and wrote everything on engineering pads. These were usually a light …read more Continue reading Your Engineering Pad in Browser
Monthly bills. Everyone has them. Except if you go far enough back, not everyone had them. After all, you might live in a home your family has owned for generations. …read more Continue reading All Your Robots Are Belong to Us: You Just Rent Them