Collaborate Disseminate
We aren’t saying that appliances are a scam, but we have noticed that when your appliances fail, there’s a good chance it will be some part you can no longer …read more Continue reading Dead Washer Lives Again with ATTiny
The problem: you want to produce varying line thicknesses when 3D printing. The solution, if you are the Liqtra company, appears to be to put seven print heads together and …read more Continue reading Variable Width 3D Printing the Hard Way
Widespread use of refrigerators is a hallmark of modern society, allowing people to store food and enjoy ice and cold beverages. However, a typical refrigerator uses gasses that are not …read more Continue reading Salty Refrigeration is Friendly to the Environment
If you are a certain age, you probably remember the Mattel Football game. No LCD screen or fancy cartridges. Just some LEDs and a way to play football when you …read more Continue reading Is it a Game? Or a Calculator?
[Curious Scientist] tried building an integrated strain gauge on a PCB, but ran into problems. Mainly, the low resistance of the traces didn’t show enough change under strain to measure …read more Continue reading PCB Gets Weighty Assignment
If you ask your typical handyperson what’s the one thing you need to fix most things, the answer might very well be duct tape. But second place — and first …read more Continue reading Excuse Me, Your Tie is Unzipped
Although billed as a balancing robot, [Aaed Musa’s] robot doesn’t balance itself. It balances a ball on a platform. You might recognize this as something called a Stewart platform, and …read more Continue reading Stewart Platform Keeps Its Eye on the Ball
If you visit the Copenhagen City Hall, you’ll see an ornate mechanical clock. By itself, this is unremarkable, of course. There are plenty of ornate clocks in city halls around …read more Continue reading Something’s Rotating in the State of Denmark: A Clock
We don’t see too many wooden projects around these parts, but when [olikraus] turned a few pieces of scrap lumber into a functional SMD vise, how could we not take …read more Continue reading A Homebrew SMD Vise Built from Scrap Wood
[Learnelectronics] purchased some near-field EMI probes for his tiny spectrum analyzer for about $5 on sale. Could they be any good at that price? Watch the video below and find …read more Continue reading Near Field EMI Probes: Any Good?