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Most humans like games. But what are games, exactly? Not in a philosophical sense, but in the sense of “what exactly are their worky bits, so we know how to …read more Continue reading Why Games Work, and How to Build Them
Most of us are familiar with vinyl LPs, and even with the way in which they are made by stamping a hot puck of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into a record. …read more Continue reading Watch a Recording Lathe From 1958 Cut a Lacquer Master Record
Sometimes it makes sense to go with plain old batteries and off-the-shelf PVC pipe. That’s the thinking behind [Bertrand Selva]’s clever LoRaTube project. LoRa is a fantastic solution for long-range …read more Continue reading LoRa Repeater Lasts 5 Years on PVC Pipe and D Cells
[Aditya Sripada] and [Abhishek Warrier]’s TARS3D robot came from asking what it would take to make a robot with the capabilities of TARS, the robotic character from Interstellar. We couldn’t …read more Continue reading TARS-Like Robot Both Rolls, and Walks
[Slant 3D] has a useful video explaining some thoughtful CAD techniques for designing 3D printed pins that don’t break and the concepts can be extended to similar features. Sure, one …read more Continue reading How To Design 3D Printed Pins that Won’t Break
[Metal Massacre Fab Shop] has a review of a portable plasma cutter that ends up being a very good demonstration of exactly what these tools are capable of. If you’re unfamiliar …read more Continue reading Portable Plasma Cutter Removes Rust, Packs a (Reasonable) Punch
Rolling two six-sided dice (2d6) gives results from 2 to 12 with a bell curve distribution. Seven being the most common result, two and twelve being the least common. But …read more Continue reading The Eleven-Faced Die That Emulates Two Six-sided Dice
Things are cooler when rack-mounted, and [KellerLab] aims to make that all far more accessible with the HomeRacker, a modular and 3D-printable rack building system designed to let you rack-mount …read more Continue reading Stack n’ Rack Your Hardware With the HomeRacker Project
Can a shape pass through itself? That is to say, if one had two identical solids, would it be possible to orient one such that a hole could be cut …read more Continue reading Meet The Shape That Cannot Pass Through Itself
The header image above shows a completely unsupported 3D-printed bridge, believe it or not. You’re looking at the bottom of the print. [Make Wonderful Things] wondered whether unsightly unsupported bridges …read more Continue reading Better 3D-Printed Bridges Are Possible, With the Right Settings