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What’s your secret evil plan? Are you looking for world domination by building a machine that can truly replicate itself? Or are you just tired of winding motor rotors and other coils by hand? Either ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. The giant turbines that generate wind power are among the most magnificent innovations that I’ve seen in the Midwest cornfields since ...

A nanoscale rotor made from DNA could be used as a tiny valve for tasks like sorting molecules or it could act as a switch in a biological computer. Designing moving mechanical systems at nanoscale is ...

The fundamental design principles behind rotary-wing aircraft date back to the Renaissance, with some of the earliest-known designs belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. Naturally, technology has ...