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Pneumatics are a common way to add some motion to soft robotic actuators, but adding it to a robot can be somewhat of a chore. A method demonstrated by [Jackson …read more Continue reading 3D Printing Pneumatic Channels With Dual Materials for Soft Robots
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module form factor is a tantalizing core for a potential laptop, with a CM5 module containing a fairly beefy SoC and RAM, with depending on the …read more Continue reading Argon ONE UP: Test-Tasting a Raspberry Pi CM5 Based Laptop
Originally only sold at the Pokémon Center New York in late 2001 for (inflation adjusted) $80, the Pokémon Mini would go on to see a release in Japan and Europe, …read more Continue reading Exploring Homebrew for the Pokémon Mini
Anyone who has spent any amount of time in or near people who are really interested in energy policies will have heard proclamations such as that ‘baseload is dead’ and …read more Continue reading The Death of Baseload and Similar Grid Tropes
Although at its face the results seem obvious, a recent study by [Sandrah Eckel] et al. on the impact of electric cars in California is interesting from a quantitative perspective. …read more Continue reading Correlating Electric Cars With Better Air Quality
Control panels of a pre-digitalization nuclear plant look quite daunting, with countless dials, buttons and switches that all make perfect sense to a trained operator, but seem as random as …read more Continue reading Making a Functional Control Panel of the Chernobyl RBMK Reactor
Although hobbyists these days most often seem to use thermoplastics as a print-and-done material in FDM printers, there’s absolutely nothing stopping you from taking things further with thermoforming. Much like …read more Continue reading Thermoforming: Shaping Curvy Grilles With No Supports
Sometimes you’re looking for a component for a project that you know should exist, but you just cannot find it. Something like a 14-segment LED display, but not just one …read more Continue reading Designing a Compact RGB 14-Segment Display
Airport runways seem pretty simple, just another strip of asphalt or concrete not unlike the roads that our cars drive upon every day. We can even use these same highways …read more Continue reading The Complex Engineering of Runways
A common sight in ‘smart homes’, door sensors allow you to detect whether a door is closed or open, enabling the triggering of specific events. Unfortunately, most solutions for these …read more Continue reading Making a Hidden Door Status Sensor