For some projects, it’s alright to have a microcontroller twiddling it’s thumbs many of the time. When a project requires the cpu to do just one thing over and over, there’s no loss with inefficient code – it either works or it doesn’t. However, if a project requires a microcontroller to do several things at […]
DIY FIG RIGDIY FIG RIG
The Fig Rig is the brain child of director Mike Figgis. The Rig is developed to offer stability while using a handheld camera. If you’ve seen the continuous 90 minute takes in Figgis’s Timecode you know what prompted him to come up with this contraption. like many digital video video camera accessories the Rig comes […]
FUSE: FILESYSTEM IN USERSPACEFUSE: FILESYSTEM IN USERSPACE
There has been a great deal of buzz this week about Flickrfs the online filesystem for Flickr. utilizing Flickrfs you can interact with Flickr identifies as well as pictures just like your routine filesystem. A similar service is GmailFS which lets you install a Gmail account as a big online filesystem. Both of these services […]
REVERSE engineering area INVADERS noise CHIPREVERSE engineering area INVADERS noise CHIP
around here, a new blog publish from [Ken Shirriff] is nearly as interesting as a new star trip movie. This time, [Ken] tears apart a 76477 noise impacts chip. This chip was state-of-the-art in 1978 as well as utilized in area Invaders, together with lots of other pinball machines as well as games. [Ken] started […]
STREET ART BOTSTREET ART BOT
For the Deconstruction decentralized hackathon, “The FABricators” from fabulous lab Tulsa developed a street Art Bot. The robot drives around as well as dispenses liquid chalk in a pattern to make walkway art. The FABricators’ robot is based on an electric wheelchair platform. connected to the base is the hardware for dispensing chalk, which is managed over […]
MATLAB and SIMULINK FOR ZYNQMATLAB and SIMULINK FOR ZYNQ
Although we see a lot of MATLAB use in industry and in academia, it isn’t as popular in the hacker community. That’s probably due to the cost. If you’ve ever wondered why companies will pay over $2000 for the base product, you might delight in the video of a webinar covering using MATLAB and Simulink […]
LASER OVERKILL, iphone styleLASER OVERKILL, iphone style
ever desired a projector for your iPhone? exactly how about a laser projector? These people did, they made one utilizing an private laser for every pixel. They have a 5×7 grid to work with, so they have to keep it simple. Well, as basic as it gets with 35 lasers. We believe perhaps a scanning […]
RESTORING YELLOWED computer PLASTICSRESTORING YELLOWED computer PLASTICS
numerous of our treasured computers as well as consoles from the past have not stood up well over time. It’s not the hardware as much as the color. From Commodores, Apples, to super Nintendos, the machines have slowly drifted towards a sickly yellow as well as even brown. The culprit appears to be the terminate […]
REDBULL development 2013: final thoughts as well as recapREDBULL development 2013: final thoughts as well as recap
I have shown up house safely, as well as I’ll spare you the long as well as tiring story of exactly how horribly my airline experiences were, both directions. The contest was delightful. Not only did I get to watch the teams compete, I got to satisfy people that I’ve wished to satisfy for a […]
JB WELD FIXES CRACKED CYLINDER headsJB WELD FIXES CRACKED CYLINDER heads
There are persistent rumors that the primary component in JB Weld is magic. This two-part epoxy that you would typically discover on a shelf next to your fundamental 5-minute epoxy, Titebond, different cyanoacrylates, as well as Gorilla glue is somehow different. stories of ‘some guy’ in the Yukon utilizing JB Weld on a cracked engine block abound. […]