3D Desktop Printing, Endless Possibilities
Imagine what you will replicate when you get your first 3D printer! A new beak for your bird? An engagement ring for your fiancée? Prosthetics for a loved one that can be enlarged as they…
Design
Aspid GT-21 Invictus, Pure Cutting Edge Design
Spanish automaker IFR Automotive S.L., founded in 2003 by Ignacio Fernandex Rodriguez, is based in Catalonia and its latest offering, Aspid GT-21 Invictus is named after a viper species native to the region. The Aspid…
Building Advanced Humanoid Robots
In 1956 the term “artificial intelligence”, or AI, was coined by American computer and cognitive scientist John McCarthy and was based on the simple idea that human thoughts and actions could be standardized, mechanized and…
Stealth Bomber Electric Bikes Ready to Go
Stealth Bomber Electric Bikes (SBEBs) with a maximum speed of 45 mph and a range of 30 miles, meet motocross and mountain biking in the middle. Without time to load a pickup with a motocross…
Aedle’s VK-1 Headphones are Etched with Finesse
It’s not every day that you see a pair of headphones that are unique and etched with finesse. Aedle’s VK-1 headphones, built of polished aluminum, come with a hefty price tag for a reason. It…
The Most Beautiful Bridge in the World, Millau Viaduct
The Millau Viaduct was born out of a growing tangle of traffic on the route from Paris to Spain. The worst area was the pass through the Tarn River gorge near the town of Millau.…
Researchers Trying to Give First Supersonic Biplane Some Lift
In the 1930s engineer Adolf Busemann conceived of a supersonic biplane that produced no sonic boom—the shock waves would bounce off the plane’s two wings at opposing angles, nullifying each other. But the design created…
World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blade by Siemens
Siemens has produced the first batch of its new 75 meter long B75 rotor blades. They will be installed on the second prototype of Siemens’ 6-MW offshore wind turbine, which will be erected in the…
World’s First 3D Printed Acoustic Guitar Sounds Great!
Manufacturing a musical instrument takes time, effort and skill to get a guitar sounding good, so it seems like a done deal that a plastic guitar would barely work, let alone sound good. The first…
Stunning 3D-Printed Guitars Will Blow You Away
We’ve seen some incredible 3D-printed designs on the market, but these printed Spider and Scarab electric guitars have officially blown us away. Olaf Diegel — a professor of mechatronics at Massey University’s School of Engineering…
