The machine uses a rotating turntable to spin a piece of drawing paper. A pen is then placed in a pantograph mechanism, controlled by another two stepper motors. The build uses the common 28BYJ-48 motor, which are a unipolar, 5-wire design. A common hack is to open these motors up and cut a trace in order to convert them to bipolar operation, netting more torque at the expense of being more complex to drive.

Britain blamed Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday for attacking tankers.

This lucky driver (a 35-year-old Florida woman) was somehow mostly unscathed after a large piece of plywood impaled the vehicle’s windshield at highway speeds.

Rhonda Mengert had been traveling from the Tulsa International Airport on Mother's Day when her hip implant caused the metal detector to sound off, according to a case complaint.

Life, Death, Love and Squids in a fantasy world beyond imagining.

Last week, Adobe said that older versions of Creative Cloud apps—including Photoshop and Lightroom—would no longer be available to subscribers. This week, some users are getting messages from Adobe warning they could be at “risk of potential claims of infringement by third parties” should they continue to use outdated versions of their apps.

People from Minnesota organised a "Caravan to Canada", driving five hours to purchase insulin for $30 (£23) a vial rather than the $300 they would pay in the US.

Looking for a new idea for a retro door bell? Check out this classic inspired by a Sony cassette player, a 1986 intercom, and of course a Raspberry Pi.

The U.S. Navy has drafted a procedure to investigate and catalogue reports of unidentified flying objects coming in from its pilots. But the service doesn't expect to make the information public, citing privileged and classified reporting that is typically included in such files.

Death is an awkward topic, one that most of us try to avoid talking and thinking about at all costs, even though we are all certain to be confronted by it at least a few times in our lives.

Communist Youth League students to ‘spread civilisation’ in countryside and ‘promote technology’

Fresh-faced 2-D spokesmodels follow years of anime girl recruitment posters. This brings a whole new dimension to War Games.

9 Brunei-owned luxury hotels have suddenly disappeared from social media following widespread protests against anti-LGBT laws.

This creepy candy bar kept Soviet-era children fed — and it’s still “in the red.” Hematogen — a chocolatey, chewy snack with an oddly metallic aftertaste —

Just when you thought you'd heard it all

Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a man from Forsyth County in metro Atlanta man on allegations he was plotting to attack the White House but instead got entangled with the FBI.

The California Democrat has agreed to limit her time as speaker to four years at most.

Researchers at the University of Padua in Italy found chemicals called PFCs, which are in hundreds of everyday items, can lower testosterone levels in babies and teenagers.

Denver's proposed supervised injection site collided with federal law Tuesday, when the United States Attorney's Office in Colorado and the local Drug Enforcement Administration office released a joint statement slamming the idea of a supervised injection site.

An admittedly intoxicated American Airlines baggage handler fell asleep on the job and ended up flying from Kansas City to Chicago in the belly of a Boeing 737. The employee, who works for American subsidiary Piedmont Airlines at Kansas City International Airport, was working on the ramp for American Flight 363 on Saturday Oct. 27, when he apparently took a nap inside the cargo hold before the flight.