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Bring Your Reusable Grocery Bag on Your Head

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A green hat with a grey zipper is partially opened revealing the grey mesh inside. It is held by two hands manipulating the zipper. The picture is inside a red circle overlaid on top of a tinted image of a workshop. A red line points to an image of a woman looking to the right wearing the green baseball cap.

After decades of taking plastic bags for granted, some places now charge for them to help offset some of the environmental damage they cause. If you have a tendency to …read more Continue reading Bring Your Reusable Grocery Bag on Your Head→

Activated Alumina for Desiccating Your Filament

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A man in a red plaid shirt draped over an olive t-shirt holds sandpaper in one hand an an aluminum tube filled with white beads in the other over a wooden table.

When you first unwrap a shiny new roll of filament for your FDM printer, it typically has a bag of silica gel inside. While great for keeping costs low on …read more Continue reading Activated Alumina for Desiccating Your Filament→

Polyphase Wireless EV Fast Charging Moves Forward

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

Nine men of various ages and ethnicities stand in a very clean laboratory space. A number of large white cabinets with displays are on the left behind some white boards and there are wireless charging coils on a dark tablecloth in the foreground. In the back of the lab is a white Porsche Taycan.

While EV charging isn’t that tedious with a cable, for quick trips, being able to just park and have your car automatically charge would be more convenient. Researchers from Oak …read more Continue reading Polyphase Wireless EV Fast Charging Moves Forward→

Open Source Your Air Ride Suspension

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

Air ride suspensions have several advantages over typical arrangements, but retrofitting a system to a vehicle that didn’t come with it can get pricey fast, especially if you want to …read more Continue reading Open Source Your Air Ride Suspension→

Improving Wind Turbine Testing with a Better Air Source

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A rectangular box with a purple section sandwiched between two red sections sits on a black tabletop. The end of the box is open. Black and red wires run out of the back of the box to a breadboard.

When comparing the efficiency of different wind turbine blade designs, [AdamEnt] found using a hair dryer wasn’t the best tool for the job. Enter his new 3D-printed wind tunnel. After …read more Continue reading Improving Wind Turbine Testing with a Better Air Source→

Maker Skill Trees Help You Level Up Your Craft

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A clipping of the "3D Printing & Modelling" skill tree. An arrow pointing up says "Advanced" and there are several hexagons for various skills on the page including blanks for writing in your own options and some of the more advanced skills like "Print in Nylon or ASA material"

Hacking and making are great fun due to their open ended nature, but being able to try anything can make the task of selecting your next project daunting. [Steph Piper] …read more Continue reading Maker Skill Trees Help You Level Up Your Craft→

Spark Plug Becomes Glass Cutter

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A person holds a glass jar in their left hand and a spark plug in their right atop a white cylindrical canister. The jar and canister are sitting on top of a green cutting mat.

Sometimes a hack doesn’t need to be rocket science to be useful. Take for instance [MofigoDIY] using an old spark plug to build a glass cutter. Sure, going to grab …read more Continue reading Spark Plug Becomes Glass Cutter→

Tentacle Robot Wants to Hold You Gently

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

Twelve pink tentacles are wrapped around a small, green succulent plant. The leaves seem relatively undisturbed. They are dangling from brass and white plastic pressure fittings attached to a brass circle.

Human hands are remarkable pieces of machinery, so it’s no wonder many robots are designed after their creators. The amount of computation required to properly attenuate the grip strength and …read more Continue reading Tentacle Robot Wants to Hold You Gently→

Orange FM Brings Radio to the GameBoy

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

An amber on black interface on a green reproduction Game Boy screen. It has the FM station 88.9 in large letters in the middle of the display and "Ice Cream (Pay Phone) by Black Pumas" displayed in a box below. A volume indicator is on the left side of the tuner numbers and various status icons are along the top of the screen. A paper cutout of an orange is next to the Game Boy on a piece of paper with the words "Orange FM Prototype" written underneath.

We’ve all been there. You left your Walkman at home and only have your trusty Game Boy. You want to take a break and just listen to some tunes. What …read more Continue reading Orange FM Brings Radio to the GameBoy→