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Forget the Eclipse: How to Make a Solar Oven in a Jiffy!
A Great Summer Project for Cheese Lovers and Engineers Forget the solar eclipse, it only comes once in a while, and lasts only 10 minutes! Cook up some lunch all year long, by harnessing the power from “Earth’s yellow sun”…
MoreEngineering Old-School Logos: Before Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign, How Were TV Logos Made?
It wasn’t as easy as using the pen tool back then, companies had to go to great lengths to achieve an original looking logo. It’s hard to believe that there was a time when making a title sequence or…
MoreImpossible Engineering: Making a Toolbox with Only a 2×4
A Fun Father-Daughter Project Becomes an Efficiency Challenge! Kyle Bollendorf and his daughter, Laurel, love to work together in their workshop. The only problem was that Laurel needed her own toolbox, and what’s a better way to get one than…
More“The Firework Deathstar” and Five Awesome Firework Trick Shots
Fourth of July is right around the corner and America is best known for celebrating by lighting up the night skies with some crazy firework shows, don’t try this at home! The idea of the firework has been around since…
MoreDIY Aluminum Picnic Table: This Is Not Your Average Picnic Table
80/20 lets you add unique extras on their DIY picnic table 80/20’s DIY picnic table kit builds a durable, weatherproof table with a twist! Their fully customizable table has two buckets built into the top. So storing drinks and ice…
MoreHappy International Women in Engineering Day! Here are 10 Awesome Women Engineers in History
Photo from William Murphy/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/35651481741 Tracy Chou A highly acclaimed software engineer and advocate for women, at only 29, Tracy Chou has taken the engineering world by storm when it comes to women in engineering, and rights in the…
MoreDeath of the Graphing Calculator: DESMOS App
How Desmos changed the graphing world for the better by providing on-demand tools for their users Think back to middle school, and remember the black brick your parents had buy you in order to keep up with your peers in…
MoreWho will win? Vise vs. Hydraulic Press
Who knew watching a hydraulic press crush “really tough things” could be so soothing? In most workshops – the vice is the toughest tool around. It’s exactly what would happen if an anvil and a giant clamp had a baby. But just…
MoreMAKE’s Giant 3D Iris is the Best Skylight Ever!
Watch and Learn How 3D Models and CNC Tools can Amazing Bring Ideas to Life Caleb Kraft dreamed of making the perfect skylight to top off the already stunning spiral staircase at his house. Kraft attended the Maker Faire, which…
MoreFESTO combines nature and engineering in their new eMotionButterflies
What better way to engineer a flying robot than to have it mimic the already successful movements of butterfly wings? This German-based industrial manufacturer and eCATALOGsoultions customer, FESTO, does just that, in their Bionic Learning Environment, with their all new…
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