Collaborate Disseminate
Dice are about the simplest machines possible, and they’ve been used since before recorded history to generate random numbers. But no machine is so simple that a little needless complexity …read more Continue reading Spinning Magnets Do Your Dice Rolling for You
On the face of it, harnessing wind power to heat your house seems easy. In fact some of you might be doing it already, assuming you’ve got a wind farm …read more Continue reading Using the Wind and Magnets to Make Heat
We’ve got to say that [Les Wright] has the most fun on the internet, at least in terms of megawatts per dollar. Just look at his new video where he …read more Continue reading Tattoo-Removal Laser Brought Out of Retirement for a Megawatt of Fun
The number of interesting and innovative mechanisms that 3D printing has enabled always fascinates us, and it’s always a treat when one of them shows up in our feeds. This …read more Continue reading Magnetic Gearbox, Part 2: Axial Flux Improves Performance
No bananas were harmed in the making of this Hall effect drift-proof joystick replacement. OK, not really — two bananas were turned to mush. But it’s OK, they’re just bananas, …read more Continue reading Hall Sensors Offer Drop-In Replacement for Drifting Game Console Joysticks
Modern gaming console controllers aren’t without their annoyances — Joy-Con drift, anyone? The problems might stem from design deficiencies, but we suspect that user enthusiasm and the mechanical stress it …read more Continue reading Exploring the Hall Effect for Haptic Feedback PS4 Joysticks
Every once in a while we stumble across something so simple yet so clever that we just have to call it out. This custom linear Hall effect sensor is a …read more Continue reading Clever Mechanism Makes a Linear Control from a Rotary Hall Sensor
We love projects that make you do a double-take when you first see them. It’s always fun to think you see one thing, but then slowly realize everything is not …read more Continue reading Faceless Clock Makes Your Think Twice About How It Works
Any project that contains something called a “flux modulator” instantly commands our attention. And while we’re pretty sure that [Retsetman] didn’t invent it after hitting his head on the toilet, …read more Continue reading Magnetic Gearbox Design Improvements Are Toothless but Still Cool
Since their relatively recent appearance on the commercial scene, rare-earth magnets have made quite a splash in the public imagination. The amount of magnetic energy packed into these tiny, shiny …read more Continue reading Iron Nitrides: Powerful Magnets Without the Rare Earth Elements