Have you ever seen a flag being raised, or wondered how a mechanical clock works? Let’s take a look at some of the simple mechanisms that they use. Pulleys and gears. When a flag is raised, it will ...

Tuesday’s Google Doodle celebrates the 131st anniversary of the day Friedrich Soennecken filed a patent for what would soon become arguably the sleekest, most elegant example of applied physics known ...

Few coffee makers have caught my attention quite like La Pavoni and its range of manual espresso makers, which feature a lever-operated piston that generates the pressure required to brew delicious ...