For the uninitiated, ornithopters are machines which fly by flapping their wings. The problem was that the lever arm was too short. To be honest, as I worked I wasn’t even thinking in terms of ...

We're talking about mechanical advantage—more specifically, about one of the most basic of all machines that makes use of mechanical advantage: the lever. Levers are everywhere. The light switch ...

A YouTuber’s latest 3D printer project includes a real tattoo gun and a large clamp to keep your skin in place.

Mechanical advantage is the amount of help you get using a machine in comparison to doing something with just human effort, and it is created by levers. Therefore, the mechanical advantage = 200 ...

While this stylish lever-based industrial coffee machine made by [exthemius] doesn’t exactly make textbook espresso, it’s pretty darn close. Think of it like an Aeropress on steroids ...

Mechanical advantage is the amount of help you get using a machine in comparison to doing something with just human effort, and it is created by levers. Therefore, the mechanical advantage = 200 ...