Collaborate Disseminate
On the one hand, we were impressed that a tiny Brother label maker actually uses CUPS to support printing. Like [Sdomi], we were less than impressed at how old a …read more Continue reading Hacking a Brother Label Maker: Is your CUPS half empty or half full?
When you think of solar energy, you probably think of flat plates on rooftops. A company called WAVJA wants you to think of spheres. The little spheres, ranging from one …read more Continue reading New Solar Spheres Claim to be Better than Solar Panels
These days, it is hard to imagine electronics without printed circuit boards. They are literally in everything. While making PCBs at home used to be a chore, these days, you …read more Continue reading Dad? Where Did Printed Circuit Boards Come From?
Like many of us, [MIKROWAVE1] had a lot of electronic toys growing up. In a video you can watch below, he asks the question: “Did electronic toys influence your path?” …read more Continue reading A Trip Down Electronic Toy Memory Lane
When you buy a cheap ham radio handy-talkie, you usually get a little “rubber ducky” antenna with it. You can also buy many replacement ones that are at least longer. …read more Continue reading VHF/UHF Antennas, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Even Worse
Conservation of energy isn’t just a good idea: It is the law. In particular, it is the first law of thermodynamics. But, apparently, a lot of people don’t really get …read more Continue reading A Brief History of Perpetual Motion
You might think Google Glass was an innovative idea, but [Allison Marsh] points out that artist [Lisa Krohn] imagined the Cyberdesk in 1993. Despite having desk in the name, the …read more Continue reading Almost Google Glass in 1993
When we think about sending an STL off on the Internet for processing, we usually want someone to print it for us or we want mesh repair. But [Chuck] found …read more Continue reading 3D Printing with a Twist
Normally, when you think of solar power, you think about photovoltaic cells or using the sun to generate steam. But engineers at Synhelion — a spin off from ETH Zurich …read more Continue reading Solar Energy Plant Creates Fuel
[Teaching Tech] got an interesting e-mail from [Johan] showing pictures of 3D prints with a dye-sublimated color image on the surface. Normally, we think of dye sublimation, we think of …read more Continue reading 3D Printing with Sublime Sublimation