Even when we share the design files for open source hardware, the step between digital files and a real-world mechatronics widget is still a big one. That’s why I set off on a personal vendetta to ...

Back in the late '60s, some people in the trucking business got together and decided to come up with a system that used numbers to describe parts and maintenance activities - a system that could cut ...

The Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms maintained by the Department of Defense defines a part number as a "combination of numbers, letters, and symbols assigned by a designer, a manufacturer, ...