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If you were planning to travel hundreds of miles across Antarctic snow and ice, you’d probably be looking to captain something like an e-treaded polar snow ferry or concept-grade propeller cruiser, maybe even a specially prepared tricycle. What you wou… Continue reading Frontier-smashing Porsche 356 snow-drifter to attempt Antarctic record
In April 2020, Polar launched a wearable designed for adventurous folks who like to explore off the beaten track, and take a suitably rugged smartwatch along for the trip. Now a more capable Pro version joins the Grit X outdoors sportswatch lineup.Cont… Continue reading Polar gets tough with feature-packed Grit X Pro outdoor smartwatch
With a princely heritage and sub-zero ambitions, the all-electric Venturi Antarctica has been slowly evolving for more than a decade, preparing to tackle the extreme weather and terrain of the Antarctic continent. The snow-and-ice-hungry all-terrain mi… Continue reading Venturi’s cutting-edge electric polar explorer readies for Antarctica
If you want to move a pen (or a CNC tool, or a 3D printing hot end) in the X and Y plane, your choices are typically pretty simple. Many machines use a simple cartesian XY motion using two motors …read more
The Grit X is the most advanced smartwatch that Polar has put out yet, firmly aimed at those who need their wearables to go above and beyond the norm, and don’t mind paying for it – though the watch still comes in at a reasonable price.Continue Reading… Continue reading The new Polar Grit X is a smartwatch for serious adventurers
Anybody interested in building their own robot, sending spacecraft to the moon, or launching inter-continental ballistic missiles should have at least some basic filter options in their toolkit, otherwise the robot will likely wobble about erratically and the missile will miss it’s target.
What is a filter anyway? In practical …read more
We have semi-fond memories of string art from our grade school art class days. We recall liking the part where we all banged nails into a board, but that bit with wrapping the thread around the nails got a bit tedious. This CNC string art machine elevates the art form …read more
Continue reading Polar Platform Spins Out Intricate String Art Portraits
“As the Antarctic ice sheet continues to melt away, we expect multi-meter sea level rise from Antarctica in the coming centuries.” Continue reading Antarctica Is Losing Six Times As Much Ice Mass As It Was 40 Years Ago
If you’re anything like us, your success with the opposite sex at the bar wasn’t much to brag about. But imagine if you had only had this compact CNC polar plotter and could have whipped up a few custom coasters for your intended’s drink. Yeah, that definitely would have helped.
Or not, but at least it would have been fun to play with. This is actually an improved version of [bdring]’s original “Polar Coaster”. Version 2 is really just a more compact and robust version of the original. The new one has a custom controller for the steppers and pen-lift …read more
Continue reading Make an Impression at the Bar with a CNC Coaster Plotter
A MIPT team is building prototype observatories over the coming weeks in Amderma, Nenets Autonomous Region. Continue reading Scientists Want to Monitor Space Debris from Warming Russian Arctic