PRESERVING LOCOMOTIVES WITH 3D LASER SCANNING and 3D printing

[Chris Thorpe] is a model railroading aficionado, and from his earliest memories he was infatuated with the narrow gauge locomotives that plied their odd steel tracks in northern Wales. Of course [Chris] went on to create model railroads, but kit makers such as Airfix and Hornby didn’t take much interest in the small odd trains of ... Read More

DRAWING ROBOT, LEGO style

Here’s a quite awesome job finished with the Lego NXT system. It’s a robot that will draw you a picture. Yes, we understand it might be done cnc style, however this is much much more fun. You tons a photo into the software, change the levels so the software application can produce the vector version ... Read More

LIGHTS OUT IN QUÉBEC: THE 1989 GEOMAGNETIC storm

I found myself staring up at the sky on the night of March 13, 1989, with my girlfriend and her parents in the backyard of their house. The sky was on fire, practically literally. Red and pink sheets of plasma streamed out in a circle from directly overhead, with blue-white streaks like xenon flashes occasionally strobing ...

REMOTE manage COMMAND center includes RF as well as IR functions

We’re still not rather sure what to phone call these projects, however as we’ve stated before, it’s a enjoyment to see what people are doing to utilize one remote manage to rule them all. The job being established by [Kalle Löfgren] seeks to simplify the remote managed products in his house by integrating all manage ... Read More