It is a fact of life that 3D-printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers ...

If there’s an enduring image of how large steel structures used to be made, it’s probably the hot riveting process. You’ve probably seen grainy old black-and-white films of a ...

The chances are if you know someone who is a former Apple employee, you’ll have heard their Steve Jobs anecdote, and that it was rather unflattering to the Apple co-founder. I’ve ...

We just got home from Supercon and well, it was super. It was great to see everyone, and meet a whole bunch of new folks to boot! The talks were great, and you can see a good half of them already ...

Steve Ballmer famously called Linux “viral”, with some not-entirely coherent complaints about the OS. In a hilarious instance ...

A little while ago Oasis was showcased on social media, billing itself as the world’s first playable “AI video game” that ...

A characteristic of any thermal power plant — whether using coal, gas or spicy nuclear rocks — is that they have a closed ...

With Superconference 2024 in the books, Dan joined Elliot, fresh off his flight back from Pasadena, to look through the week (or two) in hacks. It was a pretty good crop, too, despite all the ...

If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did ...

How can you tell if your software is doing what it’s supposed to? Write some tests and run them every time you change ...

TenTech]’s Fuzzyficator brings fuzzy skin — a textured finish normally limited to sides of 3D prints — to the top layer with the help of some non-planar printing, no hardware ...

Humans first visited the Moon in 1969.  The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the ...