Martin Grebe tipped us about this cool plasma tweeter in the comment section of this article. Timetec did a fantastic job on building this unit! His musical selection isn’t my favorite but the great operation sure makes up for that. "Now built the completed circuit on a single PCB. Made vertical electrode setup from tungsten carbide (bottom) + stainless steel (top). Reflector made from PVC pipe with rear mirror,
If you are looking for a special steel pencil don’t bother looking for it at your local department store. For something this unique it needs to be custom made! This one for example was made by Nonentity from a piece of solid steel that was removed from an old copy machine. "I decided that my rotring 600 series drawing pencil was getting too scarce to replace if I lost it,
Is is me or is this ABB IRB 340 Robotic Croissant Picker overkill? I am all for automating tasks but I have seen so many lines that are very simple and do the same task. It would seem obvious to funnel all of the items into a single stream and kick out the rejects as they go by. I have to admit that the machine looks to be operating
There are two notes below that describe the fantastic video demonstration of the MIT Autonomous Airplane Indoor Flying test. Keep your eye on this page for more info in the future. "In these flight tests, a fixed vertical landing platform was designed and attached to a concrete pole in the middle of the RAVEN flight space to allow the fixed-wing aircraft to land and perch on the pole. This
Looking for a car that will impress the neighbors? Don’t bother with the cars in the local dealership. They have nothing on the Underwater Concept Car by Rinspeed! No camera tricks here, the car can swim with the fishes. "Thirty years after the movie thriller ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ hit the silver screen “sQuba” is the first car that can actually ‘fly’ under water. “Dive it again,
So you thought that driving a van was not cool? Think again, with this van when someone gives you a dirty look all you need to do is flip a switch to open the rear window and slide the two massive jet turbine exhaust ports out. Crank up the jet turbine and burn everything behind you! On the track it can do 1/8th mile in 7.65 seconds at 96
Legit Reviews did a great job documenting a PCB Manufacturing Tour. It is interesting to see the scale of the operation, there is also some mention of the wages and working environment of the workers. The 4000 workers live on-site and work an average of 72 hours per week for about $0.60 per hour. The equipment and quality looks very good. "ECS has the ability to put out two
