Conventional solar panels cannot completely utilise sunlight throughout the day since they are stuck in one location. For ...

A scan‑to‑print medical model. University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new open-source tool that enables engineers to design multi-material 3D-printed objects like this more ...

The nights are drawing in for Europeans, and Elliot Williams is joined this week by Jenny List for an evening podcast looking at the past week in all things Hackaday. After reminding listeners of the ...

To make some quantum computers larger, and therefore more powerful, we may have to 3D-print them. The purpose of an ion trap is right in its name: it confines ions in place and helps control their ...

Pretty much every project I've done just lately has required me to test out some servos and experiment with their positions before they go into the assembly. I usually make a quick servo tester on a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A new type of 3D printer could help households do their part to ...

This project is an upgraded version of my previous design, a highly compact and robust animatronic eye mechanism which uses 3D printed components and an Arduino microcontroller. If you are able to get ...

Jen Seifert has seen the effects of a lack of affordable housing. As principal of Progress Appalachia, Seifert has deep experience with what the housing crisis means for her native Appalachia. “It ...

One of my favourite films is 1982's Blade Runner, for more reasons than just its rain-slicked, retrofitted future, but the funky, chunky monitors certainly help. For obvious reasons, it's a noticeable ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — NASA partnered with Austin 3D printing company ICON to build habitats and infrastructure that could help future explorers of the moon and Mars. NASA said the Moon to Mars Planetary ...

When Rocket Lab unveiled the Rutherford engine at the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado, it looked like any other space engine. It wasn’t. Rocket Lab manufactured the Rutherford via additive ...