If you have ever worked with SMD parts using tweezers gets old fast. Even the small vacuum pencils are not great. Vassilis Papanikolaou sent in the details of his solution. It uses a base that is similar to a CNC machine without the electronics. With this setup it is much easier to precisely align the parts, I am thinking that a version 2 could include mounting some motors to the system and giving it some automation. … Read More
Reader Lars H. sent this photo of a spectacular crash in Denmark involving a Tesla Roadster. … Read More
Originally posted 2009-10-28 08:28:58.
It seems that Brando can’t go a month without bringing out yet another slightly-improved domicile for your orphaned SATA HDDs. Following in the footsteps of the very recent Multimedia Dock, the latest unit adds H.264 decoding to the already present DivX, Xvid and MPEG-4, while output graduates to full 1080p. Featuring HDMI and a plethora of supported media formats, the humble docking station has certainly grown up, but is it enough to compete with standalone media players? … Read More
Originally posted 2009-08-11 15:21:39.
Those two firefighter helmets were worn by German and French firefighters during the mid-19th century and up until World War I. They look a bit familiar, don’t they? … Read More
Originally posted 2011-02-13 09:29:48.
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