Collaborate Disseminate
While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which …read more Continue reading Reinforcing Plastic Polymers With Cellulose and Other Natural Fibers
The European Space Agency (ESA) is showing 3D-printed metal parts made onboard the International Space Station using a printer and materials the agency sent earlier this year. While 3D printing …read more Continue reading Printed in Space: 3D-Printed Metal Parts Shown Off After Returning From the ISS
Recently, [Richard Audette] bought an Akaso EK7000 action camera for his daughter’s no-smartphones-allowed summer camp, which meant that after his daughter returned from said camp, he was free to tinker …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering The Web API of an Akaso EK7000 Action Camera
Although we generally assume that opacity is the normal look for animals like us humans, this factoid is only correct for as long as you maintain the dissimilar optical refraction …read more Continue reading Rendering Skin Transparent Using the Food Dye Tartrazine
Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic that has a number of properties that sets it apart from other thermoplastics which see common use with 3D printing, including PLA, ABS and nylon …read more Continue reading Getting Started With Polypropylene (PP) 3D Printing
The Bluetooth SIG recently released the core specification for version 6.0 of Bluetooth. Compared to 5.x, it contains a number of changes and some new features, the most interesting probably …read more Continue reading Bluetooth Version 6.0 Core Specification Released
Launching things with electromagnetism is pretty fun, with linear induction motors being a popular design that finds use from everywhere in hobby designs like [Tom Stanton]’s to the electromagnetic launchers …read more Continue reading Launching Model Airplanes With a Custom Linear Induction Motor
There’s currently a significant amount of confusion around the full extent of the GPIO hardware issue in the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, with [Ian] over at [Dangerous Prototypes] of Bus …read more Continue reading The Worsening Raspberry Pi RP2350 E9 Erratum Situation
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could cut the grass with lasers? Everyone knows that lasers are basically magic, and if you strap a diode laser or two to a …read more Continue reading Mowing the Lawn With Lasers, For Science
Once the nerve center of Windows operating systems, the Control Panel and its multitude of applets has its roots in the earliest versions of Windows. From here users could use …read more Continue reading A Windows Control Panel Retrospective Amidst a Concerning UX Shift