If you wanted to make a rotating display box, what would you use to make it spin? A servo? A stepper motor? [ChrisN219] didn’t need his to move quickly by any means, and this opened up his options to ...

IN your account (NATURE, May 10, p. 43) of Dr. J. Hopkinson's “James Forrest” lecture at the institution of Civil Engineers, appears the following statement: “Another example, having a certain degree ...

When it comes to vehicles, everyone has their own preferences, especially in terms of transmission. Most people go with an auto stick for convenience, but others like to have more control over driving ...

I was wondering: what single thing did the most to advance humankind’s lot? Speech must score pretty highly, I suppose, as must writing, paper, discovering how to light a bonfire and Google image ...

Flexible shafts are mechanical power-transmission devices used to transmit rotary motion through bends and curves. They can be routed over, under, and around obstacles which would be otherwise ...

A new advance in vibration monitoring, developed with EPRI, facilitates the measurement of torsional vibration and is expected to be of significant value to power plants relying on a wide range of ...