Collaborate Disseminate
If you’re designing a new jet-powered airplane, one of the design considerations is the number of jet engines you will put on it. Over the course of history we have …read more Continue reading Why Trijets Lost Against Twinjets
Although [Simon Boak] had no use for an automatic paper tape punch, this was one of those intrusive project thoughts that had to be put to rest. With not a …read more Continue reading Building A Custom Paper Tape Punch Machine
In an Earth-sized take on the age-old ‘correlation or causality’ question, researchers have come across a fascinating match between Earth’s magnetic field and its oxygen levels since the Cambrian explosion, …read more Continue reading Earth’s Oxygen Levels and Magnetic Field Strength Show Strong Correlation
Currently the typical way that crude oil is processed involves a fractional distillation column, in which heated crude oil is separated into the various hydrocarbon compounds using distinct boiling points. …read more Continue reading Replacing Crude Oil Fractional Distillation With Microporous Polyimine Membranes
Starting June 20th, any cordless phone, smartphone, or feature phone, as well as tablets (7 – 17.4″ screens) have to meet Ecodesign requirements. In addition there is now mandatory registration …read more Continue reading EU Ecodesign for Smartphones Including Right to Repair Now In Effect
PVA filament is an interesting filament type, for the reason that while it can be printed with any FDM printer, it supposedly readily dissolves in water, which is also the …read more Continue reading PVA Filament: Not Always What it Seems
The fun part about logic gates is that there are so many ways to make them, with each approach having its own advantages and disadvantages. Although these days transistor-transistor logic …read more Continue reading Building Diode and Diode-Transistor Logic Gates
Creating strong permanent magnets without using so-called rare earth elements is an ongoing topic of research. An interesting contestant here are iron nitride magnets (α”-Fe16N2), which have the potential to …read more Continue reading Iron Nitride Permanent Magnets Made With DIY Ball Mill
Theoretically when you write a GUI-based application for Linux there are standards to follow, with these all neatly documented over at the Freedesktop website. However, in reality, Freedesktop is more …read more Continue reading StatusNotifierItem: How Standard Non-Standards Tear Linux Desktops Apart
Considered by many to be just a dull output for sequential text, the command-line terminal is a veritable canvas to the creative software developer. With the cursor as the brush, …read more Continue reading A Gentle Introduction to Ncurses for the Terminally Impatient