Comparing Adhesives for Gluing PETG Prints
PETG is a pretty great material to print 3D models with, but one issue with it is that gluing it can be a bit of a pain. In a recent …read more Continue reading Comparing Adhesives for Gluing PETG Prints
Author Archives: Maya Posch
Using Guanella Baluns As Impedance Transformers
Even before entering the mystical realms of UHF design, radio frequency (RF) circuits come with a whole range of fun design aspects as well. A case in point can be …read more Continue reading Using Guanella Baluns As Impedance Transformers
Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides: Super-Conducting, Super-Capacitor Semiconductors
Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the subject of an emerging field in semiconductor research, with these materials offering a range of useful properties that include not only semiconductor applications, but also …read more Continue reading Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides: Super-Conducting, Super-Capacitor Semiconductors
Google Open Sources PebbleOS: New Pebble Device In Development
The Pebble smartwatch was introduced in 2012 as part of a Kickstarter campaign and saw moderate success before the company behind it got bought out by Fitbit. Although a group …read more Continue reading Google Open Sources PebbleOS: New Pebble Device In Development
New Open Source DeepSeek V3 Language Model Making Waves
In the world of large language models (LLMs) there tend to be relatively few upsets ever since OpenAI barged onto the scene with its transformer-based GPT models a few years …read more Continue reading New Open Source DeepSeek V3 Language Model Making Waves
Building the Feynman Motor That Fits Through a Sewing Needle’s Eye
How small can an electric motor be without resorting to manufacturing methods like lithography? In a recent video, [Chronova Engineering] on YouTube tries to replicate the 1960 McLellan motor that …read more Continue reading Building the Feynman Motor That Fits Through a Sewing Needle’s Eye
Capacitor Decoupling Chaos, and Why You Should Abandon 100 nF
Everyone knows that the perfect capacitor to decouple the power rails around ICs is a 100 nF ceramic capacitor or equivalent, yet where does this ‘fact’ come from and is …read more Continue reading Capacitor Decoupling Chaos, and Why You Should Abandon 100 nF
Sony Ends Blu-Ray, MD and MiniDV Media Production
With the slow demise of physical media the past years, companies are gradually closing shop on producing everything from the physical media itself to their players and recorders. For Sony …read more Continue reading Sony Ends Blu-Ray, MD and MiniDV Media Production
Trap Naughty Web Crawlers in Digestive Juices with Nepenthes
In the olden days of the WWW you could just put a robots.txt file in the root of your website and crawling bots from search engines and kin would (generally) …read more Continue reading Trap Naughty Web Crawlers in Digestive Juices with Nepenthes
Making Wire Explode With 4,000 Joules of Energy
In lieu of high-explosives, an exploding wire circuit can make for an interesting substitute. As [Hyperspace Pirate] demonstrates in a recent video, the act of pumping a lot of current …read more Continue reading Making Wire Explode With 4,000 Joules of Energy