Collaborate Disseminate
The theory behind hydropower is very simple: water obeys gravity and imparts the gained kinetic energy onto a turbine, which subsequently drives a generator. The devil here is, of course, …read more Continue reading Building And Testing A Turbine Driven Hydro Generator
When you start an STM32 MCU with its default configuration, its CPU will tick along at a leisurely number of cycles on the order of 8 to 16 MHz, using …read more Continue reading Bare Metal STM32: Increasing the System Clock and Running Dhrystone
Anyone with an inkling of interest in super-sized remote control aircraft probably has at least seen some of the mind-blowing projects that [Ramy RC] has worked on over the years, with …read more Continue reading Building a Flying Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype
With the availability of increasingly cheaper equipment, welding has become far more accessible these days. While this is definitely a plus, it also comes with the elephant-sized asterisk that as …read more Continue reading The Lethal Danger of Combining Welding and Brake Cleaner
Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more Continue reading Thorium-Metal Alloys and Radioactive Jet Engines
Recently, [Greg Kroah-Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) support has finally been merged into the 6.19 Linux kernel. The …read more Continue reading After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support
What might a laptop version of the Commodore 64 have looked like if one had been released by the late 1980s? This is the question that [Kevin Noki] tried to …read more Continue reading Building a Commodore 64 Laptop
PLA (polylactic acid) has become the lowest common denominator in FDM 3D printing, offering decent performance while being not very demanding on the printer. That said, it’s often noted that …read more Continue reading Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA
The best part about BEV and hybrid cars is probably the bit where their electronics are taken out for a good teardown and comparison with previous generations and competing designs. …read more Continue reading Teardown of a 5th Generation Prius Inverter
Have you ever found yourself looking at the insects of the Paleozoic era, including the dragonfly Meganeuropsis permiana with its 71 cm wingspan and wondered what it would be like …read more Continue reading Super-Sizing Insects and the Benefits of Bones