Occasionally I see articles by colleagues on their favorite tools (a somewhat less controversial topic than favorite airplanes). I've had a growing list in my head for some time now, and it's time to ...

On July 28, 2026, I had the chance to try out Anthropic's new beta feature, "Claude Design." Marketed as a tool that can "express anything you can describe in words," I will summarize my honest ...

Single DOF Controls Project for AE 4610 (Dynamics and Controls Lab) for Spring 2026. In AE 4610, I was tasked with constructing a single degree-of-freedom (DOF) system that could be controlled with a ...

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 series is here, and it turns out the phones have a neat screen feature that's gone under the radar.

Northwestern engineers built a spinning drone that exploits motion blur, making it about ten times less visible than ...

Stewy is a very interesting robot, with some slightly odd kinematics. Its head is a Stewart platform, which is a common-enough 6-DOF actuated plate normally used with a fixed base. By connecting legs ...

Cycloidal gearboxes are a recurring theme in the hobbyist space due to the performance they promise in a compact package. They are capable of taking in a high-speed input and reducing it down to a set ...

Even for parts and spaces where calipers are difficult to use, you can scan with your smartphone → have an AI agent automatically convert it → and measure the distance between any two points in mm via ...

Spread the loveWhen you’re deep in the trenches of a design project, precision is everything. Whether you’re an architect drafting blueprints, an engineer designing components, or a graphic designer ...

Summary: The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 is arguably my favorite premium 2-in-1 portable laptop with a 360-degree display available out there today. It's functional and well built, handles daily chores well ...