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NYT Crossword Decision Puzzles Many

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Chris Lott

Over at the New York Times (NYT) crossword puzzle desk, newly-appointed Games Editorial Director Everdeen Mason has caused a bit of a ruckus and hubbub (both six letter words with …read more Continue reading NYT Crossword Decision Puzzles Many→

Posted in crossword puzzle, Featured, file format wars, new york times, News, puz, rants

Cast-in-Concrete Clock Upgraded After Thirteen Years

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Chris Lott

Proving that an old design cast in concrete can indeed be changed, [Hans Jørgen Grimstad] has revisited his Nixie clock from 2008, cleaned up the electronics and packaging, and turned it …read more Continue reading Cast-in-Concrete Clock Upgraded After Thirteen Years→

Posted in acrylic, clock hacks, concrete casting, electronics kit, nixie tube clock

Tesla Door Handle Improvements

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Chris Lott

Automotive engineer and former Tesla employee [SuperfastMatt] takes at look at the notorious Tesla door handle design and how it’s changed over the years (see the video below the break). …read more Continue reading Tesla Door Handle Improvements→

Posted in car hacks, design improvements, door handle, SAE J2716, send, Tesla

Ferranti’s Ghost Tours The Chip Factory That Made The ULA

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Chris Lott

Former Ferranti Electric engineer [Martin Mallinson] recently posted a 1980s documentary on YouTube (see the video below the break). It shows in some detail the semiconductor plant at Gem Mill …read more Continue reading Ferranti’s Ghost Tours The Chip Factory That Made The ULA→

Posted in documentary, Ferranti, Gem Mills, retrocomputing, ULA

Arduino Measures 20V Signals Using Quantizer

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Chris Lott
Photo of a prototyping breadboard with an Arduino, whose analog inputs are connected to an array of four small op-amp circuits which perform the voltage slicing function of the Quantizer circuit described in this article.

Canadian electronics geek and nascent YouTuber [Technoyaki] wanted to measure 20 volt signals on his Arduino. One might typically use a voltage divider to knock them down to the 5 …read more Continue reading Arduino Measures 20V Signals Using Quantizer→

Posted in A/D, adc resolution, arduino, Arduino Hacks, quantizer

Making Web Pages with Word?

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Chris Lott
Screen capture of the WWN project, from the project's website, showing the instructions for WWN which are themselves presented as a WWN site.

If you’ve ever examined the messy HTML that results from doing a Save As HTML from Microsoft Word, you can appreciate [Jim Yuill]’s motivation for his WordWebNav (WWN) project. [Jim] …read more Continue reading Making Web Pages with Word?→

Posted in html, HTML conversion, Microsoft Word, Tech Hacks, Technical documentation, web pages

Perusing the People’s Computing Company

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Chris Lott
People's Computer Company logo, drawn in a 1970's artistic style

If you are a certain age, you might recall the People’s Computing Company (PCC) from the 1970s. It was not really a company, but rather a folksy computer newsletter in the visual …read more Continue reading Perusing the People’s Computing Company→

Posted in archives, newsletter, People's Computer Company, retrocomputing

Customized Work-From-Home Lighting

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Chris Lott
image of two floor lamps, one cool and one hot,

[Jon] wants his home office lighting to mimic the light outside, at least from a color perspective. To that end, he has embarked on a design which monitors both the …read more Continue reading Customized Work-From-Home Lighting→

Posted in 2021 Hackaday Prize, home lighting, light color temperature, The Hackaday Prize

ESP32 Video Input Using I2S

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Chris Lott

Computer engineering student [sherwin-dc] had a rover project which required streaming video through an ESP32 to be accessed by a web server. He couldn’t find documentation for the standard camera …read more Continue reading ESP32 Video Input Using I2S→

Posted in autonomous rover, ESP32, I2S, qvga, video, video hacks | Tagged Rover

Keep Cool with this Face-Following Fan

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Chris Lott
Homemade electric fan showing a small camera peeking up above the central hub.

[AchillesVM] decided to build a tabletop electric fan so it would track him as he moves around the room. Pan and tilt control is provided by a pair of servos …read more Continue reading Keep Cool with this Face-Following Fan→

Posted in electric fan, face tracking, head tracking, lifehacks, News, opencv

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