In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 1,634 views • 5:45

YT: Bill describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 1 year 4 months ago • 725 views • 5:52

YouTube description: Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices. SimpliSafe is awesome security. It's really effective, easy to use, and the price is great. Check out SimpliSafe... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 998 views • 12:52

YouTube description: Meet Z6, the portable and foldable robot for use in professional environments. With a very compact form factor, this robot can be easily and quickly carried in a backpack to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 303 views • 1:21

YouTube description: Motherboard meets Kevin Vaughan, a 28-year-old vet and amputee as he tries his new amphibious water prosthetic, "The Fin,” a 3D printed prosthetic engineered for swimming.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 163 views • 5:02

YouTube description: I didn't get much sleep the last two days, but it works! I'm going to keep working away on this project but in a different form factor. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months ago • 309 views • 12:14

YT - Everyday Astronaut Published on Jan 24, 2018 It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.... continue reading

posted by Buck 2 years 8 months ago • 172 views • 8:38

YouTube description: There's a link from a 13th century legend, to a 16th century insult book, to a 19th century writer, to a 20th century comic book hero. And it starts in a small village near Nottingham,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 509 views • 2:46

YouTube description: 23rd video of the Behind the Business Series. BIC is a corporation based in France best known for making ballpoint pens. It was founded in 1945 by Baron Marcel Bich and has become... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,201 views • 10:33

YouTube description: It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. What's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 638 views • 8:35

YouTube description: As the world’s largest technology manufacturers increasingly move toward creating products that are designed to be difficult or impossible to repair, Motherboard has started looking... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 424 views • 9:15

At Autodesk's Pier 9 workshop in San Francisco -- and no, this isn't an ad, pull down the description for more! -- there are giant robot arms using welders to 3D print with stainless steel. Which seemed... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 780 views • 4:51

YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 weeks ago • 442 views • 2:52

YouTube: What do nanobots, better water filtration, and space colonization have in common? They're all being made possible by advances in 3D Printing!

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 469 views • 4:06

YouTube: All humans want to be comfy, but the first air conditioner wasn't built for us--it was for a printing press!

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 4:48

YouTube description: Today's recipe is a little different: Cheese-curd fritters from Eliza Smith's 1758 cookbook, "The Compleat Housewife." We found it a bit challenging to make cheese curds in camp,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 45 views • 9:17

YouTube description: Henry Segerman (mathematician and 3D printing guru) discusses how to make three gears work together. You can buy the gears from Henry at Shapeways: http://bit.ly/HenryGears ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 927 views • 4:51

Watch this complex object get 3D printed in less than 15 minutes. Sean and Norm visit Carbon, the makers of the M1 3D printer, to get a demo of this new super fast 3D printing technology working in real-time.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 377 views • 24:31