Collaborate Disseminate
Shipping is not a clean business. The global economy is fueled by trade, and much of that trade involves hauling product from point A to point B. A great deal …read more Continue reading Giant Sails Actually Help Cargo Ships Save Fuel, And the Planet In Turn
Boats come in all shapes and sizes. We have container ships, oil tankers, old-timey wooden sailing ships, catamarans, trimarans, and all sorts besides. Most are designed with features that give …read more Continue reading The Roller Ship Was Not An Effective Way To Cross The High Seas
We’re looking to go back to the Moon. Not just with robots this time, but with astronauts, too! They’ll be doing all kinds of interesting things when they get there. …read more Continue reading How Does Time Work On The Moon?
The MAX30105 is an optical sensor capable of a great many things. It can sense particulate matter in the air, or pick up the blinking of an eye. Or, you …read more Continue reading This Air Particulate Sensor Can Also Check Your Pulse Rate
If you’re big into the soldering iron scene, you’ve probably heard of the AxxSolder project. Now, it’s been updated with a whole host of nifty new features. It’s AxxSolder 3.0! …read more Continue reading AxxSolder 3.0 Now Takes USB Power Delivery
[hannu_hell] created Dodge as a “novel design of tripod.” It’s a small robotic device quite unlike anything else we’ve seen of late. It’s intended to be a self-mobile camera platform …read more Continue reading Dodge, The Weird Tripod Robot
When we think of swimming pools, we typically think of large fiberglass, plastic, or concrete constructions full of pristine, clear water. They’re usually maintained in this state with the regular …read more Continue reading Building A Tiny Organic Swimming Pool With Natural Filtering
Today, wireless-enabled microcontrollers are everywhere and can be had for just a few bucks. You can use them to build all kinds of connected projects more cheaply than ever before. …read more Continue reading It’s Never Been Easier To Build A WiFi-Controlled RC Car
[Abigail] is a confectionery roboticist, and [Hazal] is a developer advocate at a robotics company. The two met recently and decided to collaborate on a smart cake, with amusing results. …read more Continue reading Interactive Cake Takes Your Picture
Mattel had a ton of hit toys in the 20th century. In the early 1970s, the VertiBird was one of them, letting kids pretend to fly a helicopter in circles …read more Continue reading Building A Tribute Version of Mattel’s VertiBird Toy