Collaborate Disseminate
The walking tank concept has always captured imaginations. Whether you’re talking about the AT-AT walkers of Star Wars, or the Dreadnoughts from Warhammer 40,000, they are often portrayed in fiction …read more Continue reading Why Walking Tanks Never Became A Thing
Our homes are full of technological marvels, and, as a Hackaday reader, we are betting you know the basic ideas behind a microwave oven even if you haven’t torn one …read more Continue reading Tech in Plain Sight: Microwave Ovens
For a lot of us, there’s a bright line separating the books we enjoyed as children from the “real” books of our more mature years. We all eventually age out …read more Continue reading Books You Should Read: David Macaulay’s Architecture Series
For the first time, scientists have successfully produced full-length spider silk fibers using genetically modified silkworms. With high strength and toughness, this silk has the potential to provide a scalable, sustainable and better-quality alternati… Continue reading Bionic silkworms with spider genes spin fibers 6x tougher than Kevlar
Over the past decades we have been able to observe a change in the Earth’s climate, caused by an increasing amount of energy being retained in the atmosphere. This in …read more Continue reading The Challenge of Weather Modification in the Face of Climate Change
When navigating the vast and unpredictable expanses of outer space, particularly on the alien terrains of distant planets, smart engineering often underlies every major achievement. A paramount example of this …read more Continue reading Rocker Bogie Suspension: The Beloved Solution To Extra-Planetary Rovers
Phones, tablets and workstations with unpatched CVEs are a clear and present danger. New Armis study lists the most vulnerable. Continue reading Patch ‘Em or Weep: Study Reveals Most Vulnerable IoT, Connected Assets
So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful …read more Continue reading Mining and Refining: Quartz, Both Natural and Synthetic
Thermoforming — which includes vacuum-forming — has its place in a well-rounded workshop, and Mayku (makers of desktop thermoforming machines) have a short list of tips for getting the best …read more Continue reading Make Better 3D Printed Molds, For Thermoforming Plastics
Humanity has been harvesting energy from the wind for centuries. The practice goes back at least to 8th century Persia where the first known historical records of windmills came, but …read more Continue reading Converting Wind to Electricity or: The Doubly-Fed Induction Generator