PCB Metro Maps Are a Gorgeous Labor Of Love From hackaday.com 15 hours ago in Blogs Is your love of public transportation matched only by your passion for designing custom PCBs? If so, then you’re going to love these phenomenal transit maps created by [Chai Jia …read more
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: National Hispanic Heritage Month, CircuitPython 7.0.0, CP2102N to replace CP2104 Breakout, VL53LCX STEMMA QT Breakout Design & More! From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in PlatformsStores ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging...
The Future of Massive IoT From circuitcellar.com 18 hours ago in News Massive IoT and the Internet of Transformation Traditionally, IoT is defined as the “Internet of Things.” However, there is a different and more accurate description for IoT: the “Internet of Transformation.” The transformation occurs when the things in our daily...
Recharged Dehumidifier Put Back Into Service From hackaday.com 18 hours ago in Blogs For the average consumer, repairing relatively low-cost home devices such as microwaves and TVs just isn’t economically viable. You can hardly blame them when the repair bill could easily be …read more
Defining Dimension From blog.adafruit.com 19 hours ago in PlatformsStores Depending on the math, defining dimension can be tricky.via Quanta MagazineThe notion of dimension at first seems intuitive. Glancing out the window we might see a crow sitting atop a cramped flagpole experiencing zero dimensions, a robin on a telephone...
Apple’s Latest Patents Targeting Safety Could Be Part of Rumored “Project Titan” From www.allaboutcircuits.com 20 hours ago in BlogsNews Rumors have been mounting about Apple’s development of an autonomous electric vehicle, let's take a look at the two newest patents that could become part of this future autonomous vehicle.
Lego Submarine Gets Balloon Ballast System From hackaday.com 21 hours ago in Blogs Lego is a fun building block which vast numbers of the world’s children play with every day. However, the mechanical Technic line of Lego building blocks has long offered greater …read more
Tie Dyeing T-Shirts with a Bimanual Robot From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in PlatformsStores USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing made this two armed tie dye robot friend! From CAM USC ViterbiAt USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing, we have developed a space for multidisciplinary human-robot interaction. The Baxter robot collaborates with the user to execute...
Optical Theremin Makes Eerie Audio with Few Parts From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs [Fearless Night]’s optical theremin project takes advantage of the kind of highly-integrated parts that are available to the modern hacker and hobbyist in all the right ways. The result is …read more
Clive Sinclair and the ZX Spectrum From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Clive Sinclair, who brought us the ZX Spectrum computer has passed away. The ZX Spectrum was the first platform for PC gaming for many in the UK. ZX Spectrum was where folks played 1982’s The Hobbit. Here’s more from Rock...
Electric “Radial” RC Aircraft Motor From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs For a long time radial aircraft engines, with their distinctive cylinder housings arranged in a circle, were a common sight on aircraft. As an experiment, [KendinYap], wanted to see if …read more
glasslinger Made a Gargantuan Nixie Tube From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Follow along glasslinger’s process of making a massive nixie tube in this ~2 hr video on YouTube:Not to be outdone, here I make an absolutely gargantuan nixie tube! See more
Project: scpibenchv1 – A Benchmark for SCPI Controlled Instruments From goughlui.com 1 day ago in Blogs I have been fortunate enough to have been selected as a reviewer for numerous types of test equipment over the years and have been a big advocate for the use of SCPI automation, I have seen differences between different products...
We’d Like, Totally Carry This Retro Boombox Cyberdeck on Our Shoulder From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs Cyberdeck. For those of a certain age, the ‘deck’ part conjures visions of tape decks, be they cassette, 8-track, or quarter-inch, and we seriously have to wonder why haven’t seen …read more
17 Iconic Fashion Moments in SFF History | #SciFiSunday From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Sunday styles, SciFi version, from Tor.com.Do you think they have a MET Gala in Middle-earth? If they don’t, they should. As a fantasy writer, I believe no fantasy world is fully realized without fashion. Fashion, though often considered to be...
TVMosaic CE (Community Edition) server released as open source by DVBLogic From www.cnx-software.com 1 day ago in News TVMosaic (formerly DVBLink) TV/PVR-server application has been released as a cross-platform open-source software, following the closure of DVBLink business last year. It used to be a commercial solution with support for digital TV tuners, live TV watching, PVR functions, DLNA,...
I’m Your Man review from the AV Club: Dan Stevens as a sexy robot? That computes #SciFiSunday From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores The AV Club gives I’m Your Man a positive review, expanding on the unpredictable career or leading man Dan Stevens.I’m Your Man is set in a near future where robot lovers are still a cutting-edge innovation, not an everyday commodity....
Dynamicland Makes The Whole Building The Computer From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs Every once is a while a research project comes along that has the potential to totally shake up computing and what it even means to interact with a system. The …read more
New Products 9/15/21 feat. Adafruit LED Glasses Front Panel – 116 RGB LEDs w/ I2C Driver -STEMMA QT! @adafruit #adafruit #newproducts From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAnodized Aluminum, Black or Purple Metal Keyboard Plate for 60% / GH60 Cases: If you want a nice solid feel to your DIY keeb, this metal plate will let you snap in...
Line Following Robot uses PID for Speed From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs While a line-following robot may not be the newest project idea in the book, this one from [Edison Science] is a clean build using modern components and gets a good …read more
Repurposing the VFD unit from an old Epson POS display using Arduino From blog.arduino.cc 2 days ago in PlatformsStores For many makers, it’s always fun to take some piece of old technology and give it a new lease on life, especially when the item in question was destined for the landfill. This is what prompted Alastair Aitchison — better...
Cast-in-Concrete Clock Upgraded After Thirteen Years From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs Proving that an old design cast in concrete can indeed be changed, [Hans Jørgen Grimstad] has revisited his Nixie clock from 2008, cleaned up the electronics and packaging, and turned it …read more
A Recap of Industry Tech Days 2021: Links to Every Single Live Session From www.allaboutcircuits.com 2 days ago in BlogsNews Industry Tech Days 2021 concluded yesterday. This article will give you a chance to peruse the full list of the week's events that are now available on-demand.
Solar Powered Autonomous Tugboat For Rescuing Autonomous Vessels From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs [rctestflight] has built several autonomous boats, and with missions becoming longer and more challenging, he bought an inflatable kayak to serve as a dedicated rescue vessel. Instead of relying on …read more
Sababox – Elderly Friendly Remote Control From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores via omerrv on instructablesA well known problem is for elderly people to be able to enjoy their TV as they are not confident with their ability to get to the desired content, and also concern of “breaking it”, taking the...
Finding the Right Hack is Half the Battle From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs Sometimes you just get lucky. I had a project on my list for a long time, and it was one that I had been putting off for a few months …read more
NASA converted a star’s corpse to sound From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Using data from the remnants of a dead star, Kimberly Arcand created a sound representation. The results are fittingly far out. Via C-Net:“Each sonification is created to best portray the scientific data in a way that makes the most sense...
Widline Cadet’s Se Sou Ou Mwen Mete Espwa m (I Put All My Hopes On You) From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores While we were too slow to catch Widline Cadet’s solo show at Deli Gallery Yume Murphy’s piece on Hyperallergic comes in as a close second:Born in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, and raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, Widline...
Silky Smooth Resin Printer Timelapses Thanks to Machine Vision From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs The fascination of watching a 3D printer go through its paces does tend to wear off after you spent a few hours doing it, in which case those cool time-lapse …read more
A Short History of Polaroid From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores At this point I’m exclusively using Instax and used Polaroid cameras which likely wouldn’t be possible without the Impossible Project and Brooklyn Film Camera! From Business Insider on YouTube:Polaroid was a photographic giant, at one point controlling two-thirds of the...