You can buy gears off the shelf, of course, and get accurately machined parts exactly to your chosen specification. However, there’s something rugged and individualist about producing your own ...

DIY has long been central to the world of telemark skiing, its ethos playing a crucial role since time immemorial. But its character has not only entered a contemporary paradigm, pushing the gear ever ...

What happens when you DIY your own baseball protective gear instead of using the real thing? We took on the challenge to create homemade helmets, shin guards, and chest protectors—and then put them to ...

Minuscule gears that are thinner than a human hair and powered by light could be used to study human cells or power tiny, complex robots. Gear systems often struggle to work at a size below a tenth of ...