Collaborate Disseminate
The Juno spacecraft was launched towards Jupiter in August of 2011 as part of the New Frontiers series of spacecraft, on what would originally have been a 7-year mission, including …read more Continue reading Annealing in Space: How NASA Saved JunoCam in Orbit Around Jupiter
Another entry in the world of interesting FDM filaments comes courtesy of CC3D with their 72D TPU filament, with [Dr. Igor Gaspar] putting it to the test in his recent …read more Continue reading Nylon-Like TPU Filament: Testing CC3D’s 72D TPU
It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid …read more Continue reading Power Grid Stability: From Generators to Reactive Power
JavaScript is everywhere these days, even outside the browser. Everyone knows that this is because JavaScript is the best programming language, which was carefully assembled by computer experts and absolutely …read more Continue reading Testing Your Knowledge of JavaScript’s Date Class
Having a robot that can quickly and unsupervised pick any lock with the skills of a professional human lockpicker has been a dream for many years. A major issue with …read more Continue reading A Lockpicking Robot That Can Sense the Pins
When you first get your hands on an old piece of equipment, regardless of whether it’s an old PC or some lab equipment, there is often the temptation to stick …read more Continue reading Don’t Turn That Old System On, First Take it Apart
For some reason, people are really into tiny arcade machines that basically require you to ruin your hands and eyes in order to play on them. That said, unlike the …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering a ‘Tony’ 6502-based Mini Arcade Machine
Normally, mechanical devices like record players move smoothly, with well-greased contact surfaces enabling the tone arm to automatically move, the multi-record mechanism to drop down a fresh disc, and the …read more Continue reading When a Record Player Doesn’t Work Due to Solid State Grease
Even within a single type of FDM filament there is an overwhelming amount of choice. Take for example Elegoo’s PETG filament offerings, which include such varieties like ‘Pro’ and ‘Rapid’. …read more Continue reading Elegoo Rapid PETG vs PETG Pro: Same Price, Similar Specs, Which to Buy?
Brunnian links are a type of nontrivial link – or knot – where multiple linked loops become unlinked if a single loop is cut or removed. Beyond ‘fun’ disentanglement toys …read more Continue reading Opening a Six-Lock Safe With One Key Using Brunnian Links