Collaborate Disseminate
Chess is timeless, but automating it? That’s where the real magic begins. Enter [Tamerlan Goglichidze]’s Pi Board, an automated chess system that blends modern tech with age-old strategy. Inspired by …read more Continue reading Chess What: One More Pi-Powered Board
In the past few years, the price-per-watt for solar panels has dropped dramatically. This has led to a number of downstream effects beyond simple cost savings. For example, many commercial …read more Continue reading The Sunchronizer Keeps Your Solar Panel Aligned
[James Bruton]’s unusual Möbius Tank has gotten a little more unusual with the ability to bend itself, which allows it to perform turns even though it is a single-track vehicle. …read more Continue reading Möbius Tank’s Twisty Treads Became Bendy
[Harrison Low] published some 3D-printed linear actuators, which generated a lot of interest. He got a lot of advice from people on the Internet, and he took it to heart. …read more Continue reading Homebrew Linear Actuators Improved
When it comes to the “build versus buy” question, “buy” almost always wins. The amount of time you have to put into building something is rarely justified, especially with a …read more Continue reading Carbon Fiber and Kevlar Make This Linear Actuator Fast and Strong
When it comes to the “build versus buy” question, “buy” almost always wins. The amount of time you have to put into building something is rarely justified, especially with a …read more Continue reading Carbon Fiber and Kevlar Make This Linear Actuator Fast and Strong
There are many ways to make a linear actuator, a device for moving something is a straight line. Most of the easier to make ones use a conventional motor and …read more Continue reading A Fast Linear Actuator Entirely In One PCB
Around here, we’re always excited about a new actuator design. Linear actuators are particularly hard to make cheap, fast, and good, so it’s even better when something new that we …read more Continue reading Domino Row Goes with the Flow
Aren’t ball races and marble runs fun? Wouldn’t they be so much more enjoyable if you didn’t have to climb back up the ladder each time, as it were, and …read more Continue reading Sisyphean Ball Race Robot Toils Gracefully, Magnetically
Motors are all well and good for moving things, but they’re all about the round-and-round. Sometimes, you need to move something back and forth, and for that a linear actuator …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Linear Actuator Is Cheap and Strong