Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve been interested in looking at how AI can process things other than silly images. That’s why the “Free AI Bot that Generates the Excel Formula for Any Problem” caught …read more Continue reading AI Creates Your Spreadsheets, Sometimes
Most of the robot arms we see are cool but little more than toys. Usually, they use RC servos to do motion and that’s great for making some basic motion, …read more Continue reading Real Robot One is… Real
[Pyrotechnical] thought about buying a CAT scanner and found out they cost millions of dollars. So he decided to build one for about $200 using a salvage X-ray tube and …read more Continue reading Homemade CAT Scan Shouldn’t Scan Cats
A lot of people want to print faster. Maybe they don’t like to wait, or they need to print a lot of things. Maybe it is just human nature to …read more Continue reading Want Faster Extrusion but Don’t Have a Volcano? Nuts!
When we first saw the PZ1 laptop — a 6502 laptop-style computer with a small display and 512K of RAM — we couldn’t help but think of the old AIM …read more Continue reading Laptoppin’ Like 1975
Sometimes a problem seems hard, but the right insight can make it easy. If you were asked to write a program to compare two PDF files and show the differences, …read more Continue reading Compare PDFs Visually
One of the problems with being engaged in our hobby or profession is that people assume if you can build a computer out of chips, you must know all the …read more Continue reading Everything You Wanted to Know about SDRAM Timing But Were Afraid to Ask
A recent tour of an old WWII-era aircraft carrier reminded us how hard navigation was before the advent of GPS. It used to be the work of skilled people to …read more Continue reading Lawnmower Doesn’t Need a Base Station
We live in a time where great software is available with the click of a mouse, often for free or — at least — low cost. But there’s a problem: …read more Continue reading 30 Free Circuit Simulators Lightly Reviewed
How expensive is it to make a panel that uses e-ink technology? That might depend on how flexible you are. [RBarron] read about reverse engineering point-of-sale shelf labels and found …read more Continue reading Liberated E-Ink Shelf Labels Turned 10×2 Display