This morning's planetary-gear motorcycle wheel post has induced an epicyclic fury in my heart that is terrible to behold. Here's a couple of gems from the inevitable YouTube frenzy. The first, above, shows a set of elliptical gears (ho-hum), and then proceeds to show some pretty amazing non-circular planetary trains. The second, below, shows a...
Wrapping up my trifecta of epicyclic gear posts today (1, 2) is this practical application from Greg Harper, a resident engineer at the University of Washington's Center for Experimental Nuclear Phy[...]
"Capricorn Cyclo-Works" apparently came and went without my noticing, which is too bad, as their "Involution" epicyclic-geared motorcycle wheel is one of the cooler doo-dads I've ever seen. The gea[...]
Where do I start with this thing? It has some many elements of awesome! It's a model of an old-fashion Penny-farthing bicycle that has been brought in to the modern world with the incorporation of 3 [...]
Boutique Cycles is a site out of Australia featuring user-submitted pics of tricked-out custom bicycles. Shown above, "Glowing Batavus" fixie by Netherlands user Kars, with an antique frame, Miche [...]
MAKE's photo editor, Sam Murphy, sent us a link to this 1930s Chevrolet educational video which describes how a differential gear works. Skip ahead to 1:50, if you don't want to see the rest of the [...]
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Intel Corp. isn't giving much detail on its two-year old initiative to become a systems-on-chip supplier, but interviews with executives and analysts show the company is making gradual progress laying[...]
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A stroll through Eric Archer's synth prototype photoset reveals some of the most awesomely intricate specimens of DIY electronics I've ever come upon. I do believe I'm experiencing solder-envy. S[...]
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