Collaborate Disseminate
These days, our video cards are actually as powerful as yesterday’s supercomputer and our monitors are bigger than the TVs most of us had as kids. But how did we …read more Continue reading A Look Back at Computer Displays
Graphene isn’t easy to produce at scale. But making small batches of graphene is doable in a few ways. [Robert Murray-Smith] decided to try producing “flash graphene.” This requires a …read more Continue reading Easy Graphene Production with a Laser Engraver
You can babysit your 3D printer 100% of the time, or you can cross your fingers and hope it all works. Some monitor their printers using webcams, but [Simit] has …read more Continue reading Hexed Home Assistant Monitors 3D Printers
Today if you want to reproduce a big schematic or a mechanical drawing, you just ask it to print or plot from the CAD model. But back in the day, …read more Continue reading 3D Printing Blueprints and Other Wall Art
[The Signal Path] had two Tektronix AC/DC current probes that didn’t work. Of course, that’s a great excuse to tear them open and try to get at least one working. …read more Continue reading Inside A Current Probe
Sometimes antennas can seem like black magic. However, when you see things like a dish antenna, it sort of makes sense, right? Just like a mirror focuses light, the parabola …read more Continue reading Cornering the Antenna Market
Every time we check in with [Hyperspace Pirate] he’s trying to make things cold. Really cold. His recent two-part video shows a propane vapor compression system that can go down …read more Continue reading Two Stage Refrigerator is Chill
If you’ve got a laser cutter, it is highly probable that it uses a laser diode. But more expensive machines use a carbon dioxide laser tube along with mirrors. There …read more Continue reading Modern CO2 Laser Reviewed
Plastic welding isn’t a new idea. But a recent video from [The Maker] shows an interesting twist. Given a broken piece of plastic, he secures it together with tape, machines …read more Continue reading Zippy Plastic Welding
[Titans of CNC Machining] wanted to anodize some titanium parts. They weren’t looking for a way to make the part harder or less prone to corrosion. They just wanted some …read more Continue reading Anodizing Titanium in Multiple Colors