Collaborate Disseminate
A research paper titled Biological Organisms as End Effectors explores the oddball approach of giving small animals jobs as grippers at the end of a robotic arm. Researchers show that …read more Continue reading Pill Bugs and Chitons Get Jobs as Tiny Grippers
Migrating a PCB design from one CAD software package to another is no one’s favorite task. It almost never works cleanly. Often there are missing schematic symbols, scrambled PCB footprints, …read more Continue reading Importing EAGLE Projects Into KiCad 7, And How To Fix Them
Cross-pollination between different industries can yield interesting innovations, and a few years ago [John Wiltrout] developed some non-slip meter probe adapters. He recently used our tips line to share some …read more Continue reading Dentist Tool Hardware Inspires Non-Slip Probe Tips
The concept of Continuous Integration (CI) is a powerful tool in software development, and it’s not every day we get a look at how someone integrated automated hardware testing into …read more Continue reading How Hardware Testing Got Plugged Into a Continuous Integration Framework
Donald Reid had a passion for applying himself to challenging problems, and in many ways his life’s work was that of developing a prototype submersible aircraft — or flying submarine …read more Continue reading Flying Submarine Documentary is a Story of Defied Assumptions
If you have ever wanted to implement a RISC-V CPU core in about 600 lines of C, you’re in luck! [mnurzia]’s rv project does exactly that, providing a simple two-function API. …read more Continue reading A 32-Bit RISC-V CPU Core in 600 Lines of C
What’s better than a pretty nice legged robot? One with an alternate SDK version that opens up expensive features, of course. The author didn’t like that the original SDK only …read more Continue reading Robodog Goes Free Thanks To Unofficial SDK
New angles and concepts in 3D printing are always welcome, and we haven’t seen anything quite like [Horn & Rhode]’s 3D prints that do not look anything like 3D prints, …read more Continue reading 3D Printering: Treating Filament Like Paint Opens Wild Possibilities
A copy stand is a tool used to capture images of photos, artwork, books, and things of a similar nature. It holds a camera perpendicular to a large and flat …read more Continue reading IKEA LACK Table Becomes Extremely Affordable DIY Copy Stand
Illusions are perceptual experiences that do not match physical reality, and the 2023 Illusion of the Year contest produced a variety of nifty ones that are worth checking out. A …read more Continue reading These Illusions Celebrate Exploiting Human Senses