Cyclorotor(en.wikipedia.org)

18 points by uijl 3 years ago | 0 comments

Mecanum Wheel(en.wikipedia.org)

54 points by simonebrunozzi 2 years ago | 23 comments

Oxford Electric Bell(en.wikipedia.org)

16 points by gurjeet 2 months ago | 1 comments

Voith Schneider Propeller(en.wikipedia.org)

121 points by Luc 8 months ago | 33 comments

Armstrong Effect(en.wikipedia.org)

36 points by userbinator 4 months ago | 2 comments

Rotman Lens(en.wikipedia.org)

123 points by thomasjb 3 months ago | 40 comments

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

700 points by razin 4 months ago | 118 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog article explaining how a mechanical watch mechanism works, with draggable 3D demonstrations.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

900 points by Akcium 2 years ago | 153 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works, with draggable 3D demonstrations of its mechanism.

Washing machines took decades to catch on(daily.jstor.org)

39 points by herbertl 6 days ago | 43 comments

JSTOR Daily article on why electric washing machines were slow to spread in interwar America, covering forced selling, racial dynamics, and commercial laundry competition.

The Evolution of Vending Machines(saturdayeveningpost.com)

33 points by ohjeez 1 month ago | 11 comments

A Saturday Evening Post article on the history of vending machines, from ancient holy water dispensers to modern frozen meal machines.

3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines(news.mit.edu)

59 points by rbanffy 20 days ago | 28 comments

MIT News article on a 3D-printing platform that uses multiple functional materials to fabricate an electric linear motor in hours.

Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery(arstechnica.com)

116 points by gumby 28 days ago | 48 comments

Ars Technica article on scientists finding that a 19th-century Nature account of a geomagnetic storm delaying a train got the year wrong due to a typo.