Collaborate Disseminate
Of the body’s organs, the lungs are among the trickiest to take a biopsy and treat cancer in, both due to how important they are, as well as due to …read more Continue reading The Healing Touch of Magnetic Tentacles in Photothermal Lung Cancer Therapy
Unlike football/soccer and foosball, basketball doesn’t really lend itself to being turned into a tabletop game quite that easily. [The Q] has found a way around that, employing tentacle mechanisms …read more Continue reading Tabletop Basketball With Tentacles
Bluebottle stings are a normal part of life for Australian beachgoers, but this summer has been particularly intense due to high winds. Continue reading Thousands Stung as Venomous ‘Jellyfish’ Invade Australian Beaches
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn. Continue reading This Robotic Octopus Tentacle Is Not Creepy At All, Nope
Welcome back to the final chapter in our journey exploring two-stage tentacle mechanisms. This is where we arm you with the tools and techniques to get one of these cretins alive-and-kicking in your livingroom. In this last installment, I’ll guide us through the steps of building our very own tentacle and controller identical to one we’ve been discussing in the last few weeks. As promised, this post comes with a few bonuses:
Continue reading Two-Stage Tentacle Mechanisms Part III: Putting it All Together
Welcome back to the final chapter in our journey exploring two-stage tentacle mechanisms. This is where we arm you with the tools and techniques to get one of these cretins alive-and-kicking in your livingroom. In this last installment, I’ll guide us through the steps of building our very own tentacle and controller identical to one we’ve been discussing in the last few weeks. As promised, this post comes with a few bonuses:
Continue reading Two-Stage Tentacle Mechanisms Part III: Putting it All Together
Everyone wants their prototypes to look polished, as opposed to looking like 3D-squirted weekend afterthoughts. The combination of Delrin and a Laser Cutter make this easy, especially if you learn a few tricks-of-the-trade that will make your assemply pop, both functionally and aesthetically.
Last time, we took a deep dive into fabbing parts with Delrin and a typical 40-watt laser cutter, and we discussed some of the constraints of the material. More recently, [Gerrit] gave us a close look at the material itself. It’s been about a year since our first post, but the list of tricks is far from …read more
Continue reading How To Build Anything With Delrin And A Laser Cutter — Advanced Tricks
Know your meme science. Continue reading Here’s the Science Behind the ‘Nope Octopus’ Meme