Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much more ...

ALL teachers of electrical engineering are aware of the need for a text-book on the drawing and construction of electrical apparatus. This attempt, however, to supply the need is disappointing.

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Ranges for electric cars are creeping up every year, but that’s still not enough to convince many car buyers that an electric car won’t eventually leave them stranded. If you’re Ford, soon to release ...

The cartoonist of the future wouldn’t have to lift a finger, thanks to tomorrow’s wonderful machines. At least that was the idea behind this 1923 cartoon by H.T. Webster. Americans of the 1920s saw a ...

Energy efficiency is often considered to be the main advantage of electric injection molding machines, but that neglects many ...

Arduino enthusiasts that are looking for a new creative project to build, might take inspiration from a new electromechanical drawing machine that has been built, which is powered by music and has ...

Over the past several years, manufacturers have teased battery electric compact machine prototypes at major industry shows. But until very recently, the availability of actual production machines was ...