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Svelte VR Headsets Coming?

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Al Williams

According to Standford and NVidia researchers, VR adoption is slowed by the bulky headsets required. They want to offer a slim solution. A SIGGRAPH paper earlier this year lays out …read more Continue reading Svelte VR Headsets Coming?→

Posted in News, Virtual Reality, VR, vr headset

Young Inventor Builds Motor Without Rare Earths

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Al Williams

[Robert Sansone] is a 17-year-old from Florida and, like most of us, he likes to tinker. He’s apparently got the time for it because he’s completed at least 60 projects …read more Continue reading Young Inventor Builds Motor Without Rare Earths→

Posted in electric vehicle, motor, reluctance motor, science fair, transportation hacks

Hack Your Engine Virtually

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Al Williams

It is no secret that we like simulating circuits before we build something and there are plenty of great tools for that. But what about those of us who work …read more Continue reading Hack Your Engine Virtually→

Posted in car hacks, engine, internal combustion engine, simulation

Linux Fu: The Chrome OS Flex Virtualization

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Al Williams

You’ve probably heard about Google Chromebooks. Like Android, Chrome OS is based on some variant of Linux, but it is targeted at the “cloud first” strategy so Chromebooks typically don’t …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: The Chrome OS Flex Virtualization→

Posted in Chrome, Flex, Hackaday Columns, Linux Fu, linux hacks

AI Creates Your Spreadsheets, Sometimes

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Al Williams

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→

Posted in ai, Artificial Intelligence, Excel, Featured, gpt-3, Original Art, Rant, rants

Real Robot One is… Real

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Al Williams

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→

Posted in robot, robot arm, Robotics, robots hacks

Homemade CAT Scan Shouldn’t Scan Cats

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Al Williams

[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→

Posted in CAT scan, misc hacks, xray | Tagged CT scan, X-ray

Want Faster Extrusion but Don’t Have a Volcano? Nuts!

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Al Williams

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!→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing, melt zone, volcano hotend

Laptoppin’ Like 1975

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Al Williams

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→

Posted in 6502, laptop, retrocomputing

Compare PDFs Visually

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Al Williams

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→

Posted in linux, linux hacks, PDF

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