Small Print Bed? No Problem!
One of the major limitations of 3D printers is the size of the printable area. The robotic arm holding the printer head can only print where it can reach, after …read more Continue reading Small Print Bed? No Problem!
Author Archives: Bryan Cockfield
Electric Vehicle Charging Heats Up
As the electric vehicle takeover slowly lumbers along, marginally increasing efficiencies for certain applications while entrenching car-centric urban design even further, there are some knock-on effects that are benefiting people …read more Continue reading Electric Vehicle Charging Heats Up
DIY Drones Deliver the Goods with Printed Release
It seems like the widespread use of delivery drones by companies like Amazon and Wal-Mart has been perpetually just out of reach. Of course robotics is a tricky field, and …read more Continue reading DIY Drones Deliver the Goods with Printed Release
Hydroelectric Generator Gets Power From Siphoning
Siphons are one of those physics phenomena that, like gyroscopes, non-Newtonian fluids, and electricity, seem almost magical. Thanks to atmospheric pressure, simply filling a tube with liquid and placing the …read more Continue reading Hydroelectric Generator Gets Power From Siphoning
Smallest USB Device… So Far
For better or worse it seems to be human nature to compete with one another, as individuals or teams, rather than experience contentedness while moving to the woods and admiring …read more Continue reading Smallest USB Device… So Far
New Frontiers for Nissan Leaf Motor and Battery
Nissan started off with a massive lead in the electric vehicle industry — their Leaf was the first mass-market EV available and the highest-selling EV until 2020. But the company …read more Continue reading New Frontiers for Nissan Leaf Motor and Battery
Bit-Banging the USB-PD Protocol
For one-off projects, adding a few integrated circuits to a PCB is not too big of a deal. The price of transistors is extremely low thanks to Moore and his …read more Continue reading Bit-Banging the USB-PD Protocol
Cassette Tape Plays MP3s
Cassette tapes were a major way of listening to (and recording) music througout the 1980s and 1990s and were in every hi-fi stereo, boom box, and passenger vehicle of the …read more Continue reading Cassette Tape Plays MP3s
Atari 65XE In Laptop Form
For better or worse, Atari is no longer a household name in computing, but for a time in the 1980s, it was a huge mover in the industry. They not …read more Continue reading Atari 65XE In Laptop Form
E-Bike Motor Gets New Life As Hydro Plant
For economic reasons, not every lake with a dam can support a hydroelectric power plant. Some rivers or creeks are dammed for flood control or simply for recreation, and don’t …read more Continue reading E-Bike Motor Gets New Life As Hydro Plant