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Compressed air isn’t really a practical form of energy storage for headline uses like transport or heating, but it’s a fun thing to tinker with at the small scale. [Tom …read more Continue reading Developing a 4,500 RPM Twin-Cylinder Air Engine
Rockets are expensive, so a number of kinetic launch startups are working on ways to simply yeet payloads into orbit and bring costs down. This one’s very fun – a six-mile long concrete cannon that’ll squeeze launch vehicles to Mach 30 in one second.Co… Continue reading Longshot targets $10/kg launch costs with Nazi uber-cannon on steroids
As is the case with any other electrical device, the less energy that a robot uses to perform its assigned duties, the better. A new soft robotic gripper was created with this fact in mind, as it grasps and releases objects without using any electricit… Continue reading Soft robotic gripper uses nothing but air to grasp and release objects
The clean energy revolution will require huge amounts of energy storage, to buffer against the intermittent power delivered by solar and wind. Some of that will come in the form of big battery installations – but there’s a huge lithium supply shortage … Continue reading China turns on the world’s largest compressed air energy storage plant
Having compressed air available in a workshop can be extremely useful. Having a compressor isn’t such a pleasure though, because unless it’s a very expensive model, it will be one …read more Continue reading A Compressor Of Compressors Breaks The Noise Barrier
Golf is a sport that has always enjoyed a good gadget or eight. Whether it’s something to measure the wind, or the latest putter guaranteed to save your game, golf …read more Continue reading Golf Club Shooter Is Your Ballistic Friend on the Green
When you’ve gone to the trouble of building your own backyard railway, chances are pretty good that at some point, you’re going to want to add a locomotive of some …read more Continue reading Powering a Backyard Railway With Compressed Air
Bicycle tire pressure is a compromise – high pressure is best on smooth roads, whereas lower pressure is better on rough terrain. The Scope Atmoz system allows cyclists to incrementally switch back and forth between the two, while the bike is in motion… Continue reading Scope Atmoz lets cyclists adjust tire pressure while they’re riding
[Ian Charnas] has taken a short break from building things that might injure himself, by building something that could injure somebody else instead. (Video, embedded below) Well, hopefully not anyway. …read more Continue reading Compressed Air Jumping Shoes Are Not For The Faint-Hearted
We have certainly all had our moments with solder paste. Some of us hate it; it’s sticky and gooey, and it gets everywhere. That is, unless you have a solder …read more Continue reading Solder Paste Dispenser Without Giant Compressor