Pendulum Powered Battery
While the average person would use a standard charger to top off their phone, [Tom Stanton] is no average man. Instead, he put mind to matter with an entire pendulum …read more Continue reading Pendulum Powered Battery
Author Archives: Ian Bos
Beer Keg Plumbing for a Liquid Rocket
When you think of a high performance liquid rocket, what do you think of? Beer kegs? No? Well, when [Ryan] from the YouTube channel “Project KegRocket” saw a beer keg, …read more Continue reading Beer Keg Plumbing for a Liquid Rocket
Binary and Digital Gradients for Telling Time
Creative clocks are a dime a dozen, even clocks that use binary have been created in nearly every format. [typo] promises a clever adaptation to the binary format, and it …read more Continue reading Binary and Digital Gradients for Telling Time
Arnis Brings the World to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
A couple of years ago, we covered a project called Arnis, created by [Louis Erbkamm], which allowed you to generate any portion of Earth into Minecraft blocks and maps. It …read more Continue reading Arnis Brings the World to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
Vice of Old Brought to the Modern Age
People say they don’t make em’ like they used to, and while this isn’t always the case, it’s certainly true that old vices rarely die with time. This doesn’t mean …read more Continue reading Vice of Old Brought to the Modern Age
Seeing Sound for Under $200
There are five general senses: touch for feels, taste for food, smell for avoiding trash, hearing for sounds, and, of course, eyesight for visualizing the very waves making up that …read more Continue reading Seeing Sound for Under $200
Playing DOOM on a Receipt Printer
Gaming is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately for many of us, work takes up our valuable time, which should be allocated to our gaming. What if there was a better way? …read more Continue reading Playing DOOM on a Receipt Printer
Origami on another Level with 3D Printing
Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material properties of a single geometry in ways that are sometimes stronger than those …read more Continue reading Origami on another Level with 3D Printing
Rats Get even Better at Playing DOOM
We all know that you can play DOOM on nearly anything, but what about the lesser known work being done to let other species get in on the action? For …read more Continue reading Rats Get even Better at Playing DOOM
Raise Bikes to the Heavens with Humble Garage Door Opener
Biking can be an incredibly rewarding hobby, but what do you do with all of your expensive pieces of metal and composite when you aren’t hitting the trails? They take …read more Continue reading Raise Bikes to the Heavens with Humble Garage Door Opener