Little Lie Detector is Probably No Worse Than The Big Ones Want to know if somebody is lying? It’s always so hard to tell. [dbmaking] has whipped up a fun little polygraph, otherwise known as a lie detector. It’s nowhere near …read more #hacking #projects

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Little Lie Detector Is Probably No Worse Than The Big Ones

Want to know if somebody is lying? It’s always so hard to tell. [dbmaking] has whipped up a fun little polygraph, otherwise known as a lie de...

Converting a 1980s Broadcast Camera to HDMI Although it might seem like there was a sudden step change from analog to digital sometime in the late 1900s, it was actually a slow, gradual change from things like …read more #hacking #projects

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Converting A 1980s Broadcast Camera To HDMI

Although it might seem like there was a sudden step change from analog to digital sometime in the late 1900s, it was actually a slow, gradual chang...

Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the blood beneath. Researchers at McGill University recently figured that the …read more #hacking #projects

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Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds

A mosquito has a very finely tuned proboscis that is excellent at slipping through your skin to suck out the blood beneath. Researchers at McGill U...

TARS-Like Robot Both Rolls, and Walks [Aditya Sripada] and [Abhishek Warrier]’s TARS3D robot came from asking what it would take to make a robot with the capabilities of TARS, the robotic character from Interstellar. We couldn’t …read more #hacking #projects

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TARS-Like Robot Both Rolls, And Walks

[Aditya Sripada] and [Abhishek Warrier]’s TARS3D robot came from asking what it would take to make a robot with the capabilities of TARS, the...

Using a Level 2 Charger to Work Around Slow 120 VAC Kettles To those of us who live in the civilized lands where ~230 VAC mains is the norm and we can shove a cool 3.5 kW into an electric kettle without …read more #hacking #projects

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Using A Level 2 Charger To Work Around Slow 120 VAC Kettles

To those of us who live in the civilized lands where ~230 VAC mains is the norm and we can shove a cool 3.5 kW into an electric kettle without so m...

Quiet Your Drums With An Electronic Setup Playing the drums requires a lot of practice, but that practice can be incredibly loud. A nice workaround is presented by [PocketBoy], in converting an acoustic kit to electronic operation …read more #hacking #projects

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Quiet Your Drums With An Electronic Setup

Playing the drums requires a lot of practice, but that practice can be incredibly loud. A nice workaround is presented by [PocketBoy], in convertin...

Australia’s New Asbestos Scare In Schools Asbestos is a nasty old mineral. It’s known for releasing fine, microscopic fibers that can lodge in the body’s tissues and cause deadly disease over a period of decades. Originally …read more #hacking #projects

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Australia’s New Asbestos Scare In Schools

Asbestos is a nasty old mineral. It’s known for releasing fine, microscopic fibers that can lodge in the body’s tissues and cause deadl...

How To Design 3D Printed Pins that Won’t Break [Slant 3D] has a useful video explaining some thoughtful CAD techniques for designing 3D printed pins that don’t break and the concepts can be extended to similar features. Sure, one …read more #hacking #projects

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How To Design 3D Printed Pins That Won’t Break

[Slant 3D] has a useful video explaining some thoughtful CAD techniques for designing 3D printed pins that don’t break and the concepts can b...

3D Printing and the Dream of Affordable Prosthetics As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has …read more #hacking #projects

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3D Printing And The Dream Of Affordable Prosthetics

As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs...

The New Pebble: Now 100% Open Source The Pebble was the smartwatch darling of the early 2010s, a glimpse of the future in the form of a microcontroller and screen strapped to your wrist. It was snapped …read more #hacking #projects

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The New Pebble: Now 100% Open Source

The Pebble was the smartwatch darling of the early 2010s, a glimpse of the future in the form of a microcontroller and screen strapped to your wris...