If the utility of an invention were somehow derived from the genius of its inventor, it would be pardonable that so many sources trace the idea for the ball bearing to a 1497 drawing by Leonardo da ...

New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Minebea Co. Ltd., has acquired Cerobear GmbH, a company in Germany that specializes in ceramic ball bearings, giving NHBB a new technology ...

The Switch One Design may be compact, but the rigging demands are anything but simple. Its performance relies heavily on ...

Figurines that just won't stay standing are the bane of a collector's existence, but spare a thought for hobbyists who design and 3D print their own models, only to find they keep toppling over. Now a ...

Explore three innovative DIY projects in this video, each utilizing ball bearings to create unique spinning gadgets. Learn ...

The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to go.

Neolithic engineers may have used ball bearings in the construction of Stonehenge, it was claimed today. The same technique that allows vehicles and machinery to run smoothly today could have been ...

Unground ball bearings may be wholly unground, ground in part, or wholly ground, but are characterized by precision levels less than ABEC 1. They are available in the traditional ball bearing forms to ...