Electric motors fail more often than they should. Sometimes, it is not the motor’s fault. The real issue lies deep within—where current leaks through the bearings. That is where insulated bearings ...

We see our share of pitches for perpetual motion machines in the Hackaday tips line, and we generally ignore them and move along. And while this magnetic levitation motor does not break the laws of ...

Frankfurt Motorshow is soon upon us and we are manning the desks in preparation, the build-up including stories on TVR, Jaguar's F-Pace SUV and some PH merchandise discounts for Bank Holiday Monday. .

A busy week on PH (do we know any other kind?!) with the team jetting off to various parts of the world to drive supercars, only some of them with speed monitoring black boxes and ominously large ...