Collaborate Disseminate
Recently [Camden Bowen] took a swing at machining a two-stroke engine out of billet aluminium, following adventures in 3D printing such an engine, as well as building one out of …read more Continue reading Machining a Two-Stroke Engine out of Aluminium
In any MMORPG, the average user will generally only encounter the client side of the system. This makes building a compatible open source version of the proprietary server into a …read more Continue reading Reverse-engineering the 1998 Ultima Online demo server
Rather than having users go through the inconvenience of having to punch in their current location, an increasing number of applications and websites use location services that can pin-point the …read more Continue reading Broadcasting GPS on the Local Network to Help Geoclue Find You
Before the advent of electricity in the home made electrically-heated clothes irons a possibility, ironing was a cumbersome process, with self-heated irons being an arguable improvement over solid (so-called sad) …read more Continue reading The Montgomery Ward Gasoline-Powered Clothes Iron
Research reactors come in many forms and sizes, with the TRIGA class being commonly found at universities. The TRIGA reactor at the University of Utah was installed in 1975, and …read more Continue reading University of Utah’s TRIGA Research Reactor Set to Produce Electricity
The idea of FDM 3D printing using granules rather than filament is an appealing one: rather than having to wrangle spools of filament that need to adhere to strict dimensions …read more Continue reading Direct FDM Printing with Granules
Converting the ignition of a fuel-air mixture into usable mechanical energy lies at the core of a dizzying number of internal combustion engines developed over the course of more than …read more Continue reading Why Opposed Piston Internal Combustion Engines Are Great
It seems fair to say that hamsters are a somewhat divisive pet, between their fluffiness, high-strung nature, short lifespan and incessant squeaking that sounds like some electronic device is trying …read more Continue reading Using Hamster Power to Charge a Phone
Even though the very concept of an ‘unpickable lock’ is as plausible as making water not be wet, this doesn’t take away from the intellectual thrill of devising solutions to …read more Continue reading Defeating the [Works By Design]’s Unpickable Lock
It shouldn’t be any surprise that NFC and similar RFID implementations are capable of providing power to a receiver, since this is after all how RFID tags can work without …read more Continue reading Using NFC to Power Devices Instead of Qi