Simplifying the SmartKnob A knob can make a surprisingly versatile interface, particularly if it’s the SmartKnob, which builds a knob around a BLDC motor for programmable haptic response. It can rotate freely or …read more #hacking #projects
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Simplifying The SmartKnob
A knob can make a surprisingly versatile interface, particularly if it’s the SmartKnob, which builds a knob around a BLDC motor for programmable ...
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Multi-material Parts the Easy Way You have a part that needs different colors or different material properties — with a multi-color 3D printer, no problem. You can also laboriously switch filaments on a single-color printer. …read more #hacking #projects
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Multi-material Parts The Easy Way
You have a part that needs different colors or different material properties — with a multi-color 3D printer, no problem. You can also labori...
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For the Fun of It I was off at the Chaos Communication Congress last weekend, and one of the big attractions for one who is nerdily inclined is seeing all of the personal projects that …read more #hacking #projects
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For The Fun Of It
I was off at the Chaos Communication Congress last weekend, and one of the big attractions for one who is nerdily inclined is seeing all of the per...
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Texas Instruments Explain Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulators Today in power electronics, the folks over at Texas Instruments have put together a video covering low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators. For a hacker, power is pretty fundamental, so it behooves …read more #hacking #projects
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Texas Instruments Explain Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulators
Today in power electronics, the folks over at Texas Instruments have put together a video covering low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators. For a hacke...
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Yamato-1: the World’s First Ship With Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion Although the humble propeller and its derivatives still form the primary propulsion method for ships, this doesn’t mean that alternative methods haven’t been tried. One of the more fascinating ones …read more #hacking #projects
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Yamato-1: The World’s First Ship With Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion
Although the humble propeller and its derivatives still form the primary propulsion method for ships, this doesn’t mean that alternative meth...
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BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached Today in programming language hacks we have string art rendered in BASIC. String art — also known as pin and thread art, or filography — is an art form where …read more #hacking #projects
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BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached
Today in programming language hacks we have string art rendered in BASIC. String art — also known as pin and thread art, or filography — is an ...
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Math Breakthrough Helps Your Feng Shui In 1966, a mathematician named [Leo Moser] proposed what sounds like a simple problem: What’s the largest shape you can move through a 1-meter corridor with a right-angle corner? Now, …read more #hacking #projects
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Math Breakthrough Helps Your Feng Shui
In 1966, a mathematician named [Leo Moser] proposed what sounds like a simple problem: What’s the largest shape you can move through a 1-mete...
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Bose SoundTouch Smart Speakers get an Open Source Lifeline After initially announcing that Bose will completely turn off all ‘smart’ features in its SoundTouch series of speaker products, the company has seemingly responded to the wave of unhappy feedback …read more #hacking #projects
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Bose SoundTouch Smart Speakers Get An Open Source Lifeline
After initially announcing that Bose will completely turn off all ‘smart’ features in its SoundTouch series of speaker products, the co...
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Seeing Sound with a Laser You can hear sound, of course, but what if you could see it with a laser? That’s what [Goosetopherson] thought about, and thus a new project that you can see …read more #hacking #projects
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Seeing Sound With A Laser
You can hear sound, of course, but what if you could see it with a laser? That’s what [Goosetopherson] thought about, and thus a new project ...
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A UI-Focused Display Library For The ESP32 If you’re building a project on your ESP32, you might want to give it a fancy graphical interface. If so, you might find a display library from [dejwk] to be …read more #hacking #projects
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A UI-Focused Display Library For The ESP32
If you’re building a project on your ESP32, you might want to give it a fancy graphical interface. If so, you might find a display library fr...
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