Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s first electric nanomotors made of DNA. The self-assembling structures can be activated by an electric charge to spin a ratcheting rotor arm.Continue ReadingCategory: Sci… Continue reading First self-assembling DNA nanomotor runs on electricity
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but the most likely eventual conclusion of changing it from one form or another will be relatively useless heat. For those that workout with …read more Continue reading Gym Equipment Converted To Generator
Four years ago when the idea of a pandemic was something which only worried a few epidemiologists, a group of British hardware hackers and robotic combat enthusiasts came up with …read more Continue reading How Far Can You Push A £500 Small Electric Car; Four Years Of The Hacky Racer
With all things in life, one must seek to achieve balance. That may sound a little like New Age woo-woo, but if you think it’s not literally true, just try …read more Continue reading Balancing a Motor with an Oscilloscope
Hoverboards were a popular trend with the youths and in-crowd a few years ago, and now that the fad has largely died out there are plenty of them sitting unused …read more Continue reading Hoverbike Turns Hoverboard Into Ebike
Like many of us, [Paul] enjoys occasionally hitching up his tow-behind camper and heading out to the wilderness to get away from it all at his favorite campsite. Unlike the …read more Continue reading Bike On Over To The Campground
For all its ability to advance modern society in basically every appreciable way, science still has yet to explain some seemingly basic concepts. One thing that still has a few …read more Continue reading Prototype Robot For Omniwheel Bicycle
Since the dawn of the age of the automobile, motorheads have been obsessed with using as few wheels as possible. Not satisfied with the prospect of being incompletely maimed by …read more Continue reading Monowheel Mayhem: When Good Gyroscopic Precession Goes Bad
For many DIY hardware projects, the most movement it’s likely to see is when we pick the assembled unit up off the workbench and carry it to wherever it’s destined …read more Continue reading Keynote Video: Jeremy Fielding Wants To Help You Get Moving
In the everything old is new again folder, [Lesics] has a good overview of axial flux motors. These are promising for electric vehicles, especially aircraft, since the motors should have …read more Continue reading Axial Flux Motors for Electric Vehicles