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One of the hardest things about studying electricity, and by extension electronics, is that you generally can’t touch or see anything directly, and if you can you’re generally having a …read more Continue reading Mechanical Logic Gates With Amplification
One of the hardest things about studying electricity, and by extension electronics, is that you generally can’t touch or see anything directly, and if you can you’re generally having a …read more Continue reading Mechanical Logic Gates With Amplification
Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool hardware hacks. We don’t get to see many mechanical reverse-engineering efforts, though, which …read more Continue reading Hackable Ham Radio Gives Up Its Mechanical Secrets
Despite the name, so-called “instant” noodles still need to sit for a few minutes before they’re actually ready to eat. Most people would likely use a simple kitchen timer to …read more Continue reading Noodles Time Themselves While Cooking
[Jens] wanted a subscriber counter for his YouTube channel. He could have gone with a simple OLED, LCD, or LED display, but he wanted something more tactile and interesting. So …read more Continue reading Mechanical 7-Segment Display Looks Clean
If you do much practical 3D printing, you eventually need some sort of fastener. You can use a screw to bite into plastic. You can create a clearance hole to …read more Continue reading [Thomas Sanladerer] Gets New Threads
Back in mid-2020, a project out of Taiwan launched on Indiegogo to produce a gorgeous little mechanical music box that could play tunes loaded in using a smartphone app. Now its makers are aiming for double the fun with the Muro Box N40.Continue Readin… Continue reading Beautiful app-controlled mechanical music box extends the range
Researchers have developed a novel material using tiny organic crystals that convert light into a substantial mechanical force able to lift 1,000 times its own mass. Without the need for heat or electricity, the photomechanical material could one day d… Continue reading Light-responsive nanocrystal array lifts 1,000 times its own mass
Here’s an unusual concept: a computer-guided mechanical neural network (video, embedded below.) Why would one want a mechanical neural network? It’s essentially a tool to explore what it would take …read more Continue reading Physical Neural Network Can Be Trained Like a Digital One
Complex behaviors can arise from simple mechanics, and that’s demonstrated by a block of rubber that acts as a counter. The block contains beams, and by controlling how the block …read more Continue reading This Block of Rubber Can Count To Ten