Category Archives: explosions

Five Men Responsible for 7,200-Foot Mushroom Cloud Explosion in Louisiana Sentenced to Prison

Posted on by

Employees of the company Explo Systems were sentenced on Friday for a criminal conspiracy involving Army explosives. Continue reading Five Men Responsible for 7,200-Foot Mushroom Cloud Explosion in Louisiana Sentenced to Prison→

Pirates Don’t Stand a Chance Against This 3-D Printed Pan-Tilt Gimbal

Posted on by

Attention: No pirates maritime wealth redistribution agents were harmed in the making of the video below.

Some projects are for work, some are for fun, and some, like this entirely 3D-printed camera pan-tilt gimbal, start out as work and then turn into fun. As professional digital FX artist [FlorianH] tells the tale, he was in need of such a rig for some motion-control work. Buying off the shelf is always an option, except when it’s boring, so [Florian] invested an untold number of hours in front of Fusion 360 meticulously designing every last part, except for some bearings, the NEMA …read more

Continue reading Pirates Don’t Stand a Chance Against This 3-D Printed Pan-Tilt Gimbal→

Don’t Blame the Batteries For Every Lithium-Ion Explosion

Posted on by

Lithium-ion batteries are often in the news for terrible reasons, but the problems go well beyond faults in the cells themselves. The post Don’t Blame the Batteries For Every Lithium-Ion Explosion appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Don’t Blame the Batteries For Every Lithium-Ion Explosion→