Collaborate Disseminate
Fabric must be cut before it can be turned into something else, and [fiercekittenz] shows how a laser cutter can hit all the right bases to save a lot of …read more Continue reading Take the Tedium Out of Fabric Cutting, Make the Laser Do It
A coin flip is considered by many to be the perfect 50/50 random event, even though — being an event subject to Newtonian physics — the results are in fact …read more Continue reading That Coin Toss Isn’t Actually 50/50
We enjoy hacks that combine or alter devices, enhancing (or subverting) their purpose in the process, but [Japhy Riddle] reminds us all that sometimes it’s fun just to enjoy a spectacle. …read more Continue reading The Insatiable Hunger of Paper Shredder-Based Locomotion
These days, when it comes to GPS devices the antenna is typically part of the package. But what better opportunity for [Pepijn] to learn how to make a GPS antenna …read more Continue reading Designing a PCB GPS Antenna From Scratch
[Kerry Wong], ever interested in trying out and tearing down electrical devices, demonstrates and examines the SV 6301a Handheld Vector Network Analyzer. He puts the machine through its paces, noting …read more Continue reading Vector Network Analyzer Demo and Teardown
[AlexMiller11] shared a project for a DIY gesture-sensing remote control that acts like a Bluetooth keyboard, capable of controlling media and presentations on a computer with a high degree of …read more Continue reading Compact, Gesture-Based Remote Control over Bluetooth
Injection molding is one of the technologies that makes the world go round. But what does it actually look like to go through the whole process to get a part …read more Continue reading Lessons Learned: Plastic Injection Molding for Products
Some things are small and fragile enough that they cannot be held or touched by even the steadiest of hands. Such cases call for a micromanipulator, and [BYU CMR]’s DIY …read more Continue reading Micromanipulator Touches The Tiny Things, Cheaply
[Kevin Hunckler] recently did some in-house manufacturing for a product and shared his experiences in adding high-quality custom graphic overlays or acrylic panels to give the finished units a professional …read more Continue reading Polish Up Your Product With Graphic Overlays
Sine-wave speech can be thought of as a sort of auditory illusion, a sensory edge case in which one’s experience has a clear “before” and “after” moment, like going through …read more Continue reading Sine-wave Speech Demonstrates an Auditory One-way Door