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Obsolete Potentiometer Controls: 3D Printing to the Rescue!

shabaz — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:38:25 GMT

I suspect this is a common problem; lots of old Hi-Fi equipment have worn out pots and other controls, and it can be quite difficult locating exact replacement parts. A friend had a music device (It’s a sort of DJ CD player with a lot...(read more)

Manual Solder Paste/Flux Extruder

milosrasic98 — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:42:13 GMT

Hi! So I've had an arm for extruding solder paste out of a syringe that I got on AliExpress, and I loved using it. But, as you can see from the picture, it broke only after a few weeks of use... I tried gluing it back together, but it didn't...(read more)

Researchers 3D Print Stem Cells to Produce a Copy of The Brain’s Cerebral Cortex

Catwell — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 01:10:35 GMT

This visualization represents 3D-printed cerebral cortical tissue inside a mouse brain slice. The fluorescent red and blue biomarkers show the implanted neural cells. (Image Credit: Yongcheng Jin, University of Oxford) University of Oxford researche...(read more)

4D-Printed Electrodes Simulate Nerves For Medical Applications

Catwell — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:20:56 GMT

The team coated the conductive structures with a thin gold layer via a high vacuum. (Image Credit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM) Humans often receive pain treatment through nerve stimulation. However, fine nerves become more difficult to treat because e...(read more)

MIT sets a new data transmission record and develops heat treatment for 3D printed metals

Catwell — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 19:56:25 GMT

TBIRD set a new record, achieving 100GB/s of data transmission from space to a ground receiver. (Image Credit: MIT) MIT engineers set a new record with the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) system: transmitting data at 100GB/s from space, achieved ...(read more)

NASA awards contract to ICON for building a 3D-printed lunar base

Catwell — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:12:35 GMT

ICON’s vision for constructing a base on the lunar surface could come to fruition by 2026. (Image Credit: ICON) It almost sounds silly. But 3rd parties doing work on other planets seems like a real future industry. NASA recently awarded a $57....(read more)

Researchers claim silk could replace microplastics

Catwell — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 19:26:59 GMT

Silk can be used in place of microplastics in certain applications. (Image Credit: ivabalk/pixabay) Bees aren’t the only insect that lives a brutal life thanks to human intervention. Silkworms might have it worse. Silk, sourced from silkworm c...(read more)

UCLA engineers create a new methodology to 3D-print robots in just one step

Catwell — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:45:00 GMT

These 3D-printed robots are capable of propulsion, movement, sensing, and decision-making. (Image Credit: Rayne Research Group/UCLA) UCLA engineers recently developed a novel design strategy and 3D printing technique, allowing robots to be created i...(read more)

Maker Trainer: A Crowdsourced Resin Setting Database

MakerTrainer — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:18:00 GMT

How the maker community is simplifying resin 3D printing through crowdsourcing.(read more)

Honda orders the removal of 3D printed car parts - is this ok?

Catwell — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:05:00 GMT

(Image Credit: Minku Kang/Unsplash) 3D printing is a little like the wild west in spirit. You can reproduce just about any part, which could be a huge money saver for a lot of people. It’s a shame that companies are trying to stop people from ...(read more)

Stacked Medication Box

milosrasic98 — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 14:02:00 GMT

We got a few off-the-shelf pill organizers for my grandma to try out, I decided to upgrade one of them with a 3D printed mechanism. The mechanism allows you to take only one box and won't let you take another until you put back an empty box at the top.(read more)