Linear guideways with built-in encoders are transforming precision motion systems by combining guidance and feedback in one ...

Knobs are ubiquitous in technology user interfaces, but touchscreens are increasingly replacing them for interface controls. The latest project from [upir] combines a rotating knob with a touchscreen ...

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Those hypnotic glass 3D printing videos flooding your Reddit feed aren’t just lab experiments anymore. While r/Damnthatsinteresting users share clips of molten glass flowing into impossible shapes, ...

Optical techniques are methods that use light to probe or control matter. One prominent example is optical spectroscopy, which includes such methods as pump–probe spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and ...

Generally when a game console with an optical drive stops reading discs the first thing that people do is crank on the ...

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...