‘What would you do with a third thumb?’ | #prosthesis

From blog.adafruit.com 4 hours ago in PlatformsStores

The Third Thumb investigates the relationship between the body and prosthetic technology in new ways. It is part tool, part experience, and part self-expression; a model by which we better understand human response to artificial extensions. It instigates necessary conversation...

CEO @federicomusto controversy mars @arduinoorg open future @techcrunch by @johnbiggs #FreeArduino

From blog.adafruit.com 4 hours ago in PlatformsStores

CEO controversy mars Arduino’s open future @ TechCrunch. In the egalitarian world of open source hardware, obfuscation is the ultimate betrayal. Hardware is hard enough to build within the confines of intellectual property and corporations but it is immensely more...

3D Printed Skeletor Microphone #3DPrinting

From blog.adafruit.com 4 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Via OddGuitars The entire microphone was designed in Solidworks, so also makes a nice example showing that it is possible to design extremely ‘organic’ shapes with engineering CAD software. I had an old Sure SM58 microphone lying around, so I...

#Homemade ‘Motion Activated Solder Fume Extractor’ | #MakerTools

From blog.adafruit.com 5 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Wow what a cool project from forums user HarpDude! This is definitely a tool that every maker workbench needs. (And always fun to see what makers manage to cram inside small ABS plastic enclosures.) There are a few fundamental devices...

Flaming Sword Made with LEDs and Arduino

From blog.adafruit.com 5 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Miez Cosplay, a.k.a. Sandra, made magic happen in real life by making a flame blade from Pathfinder: The Snows of Summer. She crafted the beautiful, fiery sword by using Worbla’s BlackArt for the hilt and TranspaArt for the blades. She...

The (Mad) Science of Sneaker Sensors | #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 6 hours ago in PlatformsStores

via NY Times, The Mad Scientist Behind Nike’s ‘Back to the Future’ Sneaker The only things missing were a white lab coat and an electrified hairdo as Tiffany Beers, 37, showed off an assortment of boots and shoes adorned with...

Flat microscope for the brain could help restore lost eyesight

From www.electronics-lab.com 6 hours ago in Blogs

by Jon Fingas @ Engadget: You’d probably prefer that doctors restore lost sight or hearing by directly repairing your eyes and ears, but Rice University is one step closer to the next best thing: transmitting info directly to your brain. It’s...

Stanford scientists unveil ultra-thin electronics that can dissolve into the body

From blog.adafruit.com 6 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Via DeZeen A group of scientists from California have developed a series of organic electronic components that will harmlessly dissolve into their environment after use. Led by Stanford Professor of Chemical Engineering Zhenan Bao, the team’s inventions include a biodegradable...

Movidius Deep Learning USB Stick by Intel

From www.electronics-lab.com 8 hours ago in Blogs

Last week, Intel launched the Movidius Neural Compute Stick, which is a deep learning processor on a USB stick. This USB stick was not an Intel invention. In fact, Intel had acquired Movidius company that had produced last year the world’s first deep...

Flat microscope for the brain could help restore lost eyesight

From blog.adafruit.com 8 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Via Engadget You’d probably prefer that doctors restore lost sight or hearing by directly repairing your eyes and ears, but Rice University is one step closer to the next best thing: transmitting info directly to your brain. It’s developing a...

How to Make the Perfect Wearable Tech for a Tourist #WearableWednesday #wearabletech #RaspberryPi #DIY

From blog.adafruit.com 9 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Even though we now have the convenience of phones, sometimes we just can’t get them out fast enough to get the shot we need while on vacation. That’s why this hat I spotted on Hackaday is the perfect DIY accessory....

Pulse Generator For Stepper Controller Using AD654

From www.electronics-lab.com 9 hours ago in Blogs

This stepper pulse generator project is an easy solution for stepper controller drive. It’s a very important tool and can be used to drive stepper in standalone mode. It generates square wave pulses in frequency range 0-50Khz. This project has...

Next Generation Solar Cell That Can Capture Nearly All Energy of Solar Spectrum

From www.electronics-lab.com 10 hours ago in Blogs

Researchers developed a multijunction solar cell on a GaSb substrate that can efficiently convert the long-wavelength photons typically lost in a multijunction solar cell into electricity. This prototype cell has an efficiency of 44.5% which is higher than conventional solar cells....

The Most Straightforward Wind Turbine

From hackaday.com 10 hours ago in Blogs

We can all use a little more green energy in our lives at home. So when [ahmedebeed555] — a fan of wind power — ran into durability troubles with his previous home-built turbine, he revised it to be simpler than...

Someday This Hidden Tech May Prevent Sexual Assault #WearableWednesday #wearabletech #tech #MIT

From blog.adafruit.com 11 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Sexual assault continues to be a problem around the world and engineers and designers are addressing the issue through wearable tech. One research group at MIT’s Medialab has created a prototype sensor system called Intrepid that is able to be...

Manufacturing Company Says Glass Reduced New Employee Training Time By 50% #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 12 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Via HRDive AGCO, the Jackson, Minnesota-based manufacturer of agricultural equipment, announced in a statement that the use of Glass-assisted reality wearables has increased workers’ productivity and accuracy while performing complex assemblies. Introduced as a tool to help employees, AGCO reports...

This Crazy Atari Hat Will Allow You to Be Connected #WearableWednesday #wearabletech #gaming #Bladerunner2049

From blog.adafruit.com 13 hours ago in PlatformsStores

I don’t know about you, but I find earbuds to be downright uncomfortable, even when I get the smaller size. So, I have to admit that I’m excited by this ultimate geek hat by Atari that I found on Engadget....

Rapidly Prototyping RF Filters

From hackaday.com 13 hours ago in Blogs

RF filters are really just a handful of strategically placed inductors and capacitors. Yes, you can make a 1 GHz filter out of through-hole components, but the leads on the parts turn into inductors at those frequencies, completely ruining the...

‘Underwater Community’ Costume Performance #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 14 hours ago in PlatformsStores

These cool costumes were made by students from Mount Holyoke College for a wearable computing course taught by Peter Klemperer. Thanks for writing in to share Peter! A short production called “Underwater Community” was the culmination of a semester-long project...

Intel Curie Module, Arduino 101 Board Are Being Discontinued (Too)

From www.cnx-software.com 15 hours ago in News

Intel seems to have completely given up on its efforts to bring products specific to the Internet of Things. After discontinuing Intel Edison, Galileo and Joule boards & modules last month,...

Fail Of The Week: How Not To Use Pushbuttons

From hackaday.com 16 hours ago in Blogs

If you are a regular at creating printed circuit boards, it is likely that somewhere in your shop there will be a discard pile of boards on which you placed a component in the wrong orientation such that it would...

Closures versus Objects

From jeelabs.org 18 hours ago in Blogs

For a recent project I’ve been working on, I had to deal will lots of small components, each with somewhat different behaviour, and had tried several times (unsuccessfully) to come up with a good design for them. Solving such puzzles...

IoT Growth Slower Than Expected

From www.eetimes.com 19 hours ago in News

Analysts said the Internet of Things will crack a billion units a year in 2019, slower than expected, as Andes rolled out four new IoT processor cores.

Make A Bit Of Cloth With This 3D Printable Loom

From hackaday.com 19 hours ago in Blogs

When the hackspace where this is being written created their textile room, a member who had previously been known only for her other work unexpectedly revealed herself to be a weaver, and offered the loan of a table-top loom. When...

Update – Senior House @MIT #SaveSeniorHouse @MITstudents

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Here’s an update to our previous post “Senior House Art @MIT #SaveSeniorHouse @MITstudents.” We asked if Chancellor Barnhart was up for an interview. We offered to send the questions over in advance and they could have been answered via email....

Motorcycle HUD attaches to existing helmets

From hackerboards.com 20 hours ago in News

Mango teQ’s “Reyedr HUD” device attaches to existing motorcycle helmets, offering holographic displays for speed, navigation, and distance. Motorcycle riders can be awfully particular about their helmets, which can also be quite expensive. That could be one reason Skully went...

DAC Panelists Discuss Emulation's Versatility & Various Use Models

From www.eetimes.com 20 hours ago in News

Lauro Rizzatti, Nasr Ullah (Samsung), Bruce Cheng (Starblaze), and Robert Kaye (ARM) discuss emulation for data storage chips, system IP, and embedded software.

Made in China 2025: Make or Break for Europe?

From www.eetimes.com 20 hours ago in News

Whether or not it succeeds, China's MIC 2025 plan to catapult into advanced manufacturing will have consequences for European companies and the EU's Industry 4.0 initiative.

Crowd Funded Arduino Board Measures 0.5. x 0.5 Inches

From circuitcellar.com 21 hours ago in News

Crowd funded via Crowd Supply, a project called µduino is an Arduino measuring in at 12mm (0.5 inches) x 12mm. While similarly sized micro-controller boards do exist, their power is severely limited to using chips such as the Attiny85 (with...

The Wi-Fi Eye, Part 1: Introduction, Features, and Materials

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 21 hours ago in BlogsNews

Building an animatronic, wearable, Wi-Fi robots, part 1: Programming the controller.