Collaborate Disseminate
It’s easy to take display technology for granted nowadays, but the ability to display data in a human-readable way was not always easy. This is demonstrated well by the Pinlite …read more Continue reading This Vintage Alphanumeric Display Was Huge, Hot, Heavy, and Expensive
What happens when an air filter for 3D printers gets designed by engineers with a passion for function, a refusal to compromise, and a desire to do without bad smells …read more Continue reading Nevermore Is What You Get When Engineers Design Air Filters for 3D Printers
Resin printing is a fantastic way to create parts, but multi-material printing isn’t really a possibility with resin. That is, unless you use [Cameron Coward]’s method for creating multi-material resin …read more Continue reading Make Multi-Material Resin Prints With A Syringe (And A Bit Of Patience)
Two robots enter, one robot leaves! Combat robotics are a fantastic showcase of design and skill, but the mechanical contenders don’t have to be big, heavy, and expensive. There is …read more Continue reading Small Combat Robots Pack a Punch in Antweight Division
[Max Woolf] sometimes struggles to create ideal headlines for his blog posts, and decided to apply his experience with machine learning to the problem. He asked: could an AI be …read more Continue reading Blog Title Optimizer Uses AI, But How Well Does It Work?
PrusaSlicer has a new feature: the ability to import a CAD model for 3D printing. Starting in version 2.5.0-beta1, PrusaSlicer can import STEP format 3D models. An imported STEP file is …read more Continue reading PrusaSlicer Now Imports STEP Files, Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
[Damo] has an interesting LED bulb project with a neat twist: he converted some outdoor lighting to 12 V LED lighting with some self-designed bulb replacements and decided to reuse the …read more Continue reading DIY LED Bulb Lacks Correct Lugs, So M3 Bolts To The Rescue
[Flamingo-tech]’s Xiaomi air purifier has a neat safety feature: it will refuse to run if a filter needs replacement. Of course, by “neat” we mean “annoying”. Especially when the purifier …read more Continue reading Air Filter DRM? Hacker Opts Out With NFC Sticker
[Michael Lynch] recently replaced his Synology NAS with a self-built solution built on ZFS, a filesystem with a neat feature: the ability to back up encrypted data without having to …read more Continue reading Back Up Encrypted ZFS Data Without Decrypting It, Even If TrueNAS Doesn’t Approve
Need to hook a classic Mac mouse up to your modern machine with the help of a DIY USB adapter? [John Floren] has you covered. [John]’s solution uses a board …read more Continue reading Want To Use a Classic Mac Mouse On a Modern Computer? No? Here’s How To Do It Anyway