Collaborate Disseminate
[NightHawkInLight] has been developing his design for a vacuum canon for a while now, so it seems fitting to drop in check out the progress. The idea is pretty straightforward, …read more Continue reading Rapid-Reload Vacuum Cannon Totally Demolishes Those Veggies
The current state of the art of embedded motion sensing is based around micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. These miracles of microfabrication use tiny silicon structures, configured to detect acceleration and …read more Continue reading Quantum Atomic Interferometer For Precision Motion Sensing
While using a stencil should make solder paste application onto PCBs a simple affair, there are a number of “gotchas” that make it more art than science. Luckily, there are …read more Continue reading Stencil Vacuum-Assist Helps Avoid the Heartbreak of Smeared Solder Paste
Walls can’t hold [Elijah Cirioli]. The would-be superhero has been busy scaling the sides of buildings using his self-contained vacuum climbers. (Video embedded after the break.) After being inspired by …read more Continue reading Scale Buildings With The Power Of Suction
Join us on Wednesday, October 27 at noon Pacific for the Soft Robotics Hack Chat with Ali Shtarbanov! By this point in technological history, we’ve all been pretty well trained …read more Continue reading Soft Robotics Hack Chat
When we think of a vacuum leak we generally think of a car that just doesn’t want to run quite right. Most normally aspirated internal combustion engines rely on the …read more Continue reading Solving Ultra High Vacuum Leaks Has An Elementary Solution
The advent of the microcontroller changed just about everything. Modern gadgets often have a screen-based interface that may hide dozens or hundreds of functions that would have been impractical and …read more Continue reading Tech Hidden in Plain Sight: Cruise Control
Old wives’ tales, folk knowledge, common sayings, and even cliches and idioms are often taken as givens since they form an often unnoticed part of our vocabulary and culture. There’s …read more Continue reading You Can Put Toothpaste In the Tube (With Effort)
Let’s be honest — not too many of us have a need to deposit nanometer-thick films onto substrates in a controlled manner. But if you do find yourself in such …read more Continue reading Thin Coatings Require an Impressive Collection of Equipment and Know-How
Science today seems to be dominated by big budgets and exotics supplies and materials, the likes of which the home gamer has trouble procuring. But back in the day, science …read more Continue reading Reviving Old Recipe for Faraday Wax Keeps Vacuum Experiments Going