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Electrical AC Brush Motor: 12 Slots, 24 Copper Bars, 48 Ends
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Electrical Soldering 1000s of LED chips
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Construction Homemade particle accelerator
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Questions about DC motor drive calculations
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What to fill a glass bottle with (a liquid that hardens) to lower its volume?
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Replicating vulcanised rubber bands?
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Electrical Raspberry Pi Zero W receiver / transmitter
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Optical Compact Device For Measuring Speed of Light
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Electrical Build or Buy a Van de Graaff generator?
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Electrical How to use capacitors in a Solenoid circuit
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Electrical 420-450MHz, High-Low state detection (without interference).
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Electronics Designing a buck converter with feedback and a regulated output
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Misc. MIT Think Competition Project — Farming Robot
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Auto/Motor Create a simple mechanism to simulate a rocking chair
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Electrical Plug in Battery Replacement
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Hanging a basketball wooden backboard on a palm tree
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Electronics How do sensors handle interference due to the reflected ray?
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Wood/Glass/Metal 3-in-1 DIY Aquarium Stand Feasibility Analysis
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