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[James Bruton]’s unusual Möbius Tank has gotten a little more unusual with the ability to bend itself, which allows it to perform turns even though it is a single-track vehicle. …read more Continue reading Möbius Tank’s Twisty Treads Became Bendy
[Oskitone]’s Hardware Hustle is a printable roll-and-write tabletop game that can be played on a single sheet of paper. It simulates attempting to run a small hardware business sustainably. Buy …read more Continue reading Simulate Running a Small Hardware Business with Hardware Hustle
[DaveMakesStuff] uses 3D printed test tubes for plants and similar purposes, and he’s shared how to make them on a 3D printer, complete with different models each optimized for different …read more Continue reading Tips For 3D Printing Watertight Test Tubes
[Bruce Perens] isn’t very happy with the current state of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and an article by [Rupert Goodwins] expounds on this to explain Open Source’s need …read more Continue reading Open Source Needs a New Mission: Protecting Users
Adding natural language interfaces to software is easier than ever, and that led [creikey] to prototype a game that hinges on communicating with NPCs. The prototype went through multiple iterations …read more Continue reading Adding AI to NPCs is Easy, Doing it Well is Hard
This gesture-controlled labyrinth game using two Raspberry Pi Pico units does a great job of demonstrating how it can sometimes take a lot of work to make something look simple. …read more Continue reading Gyro-Controlled Labyrinth Game Outputs to VGA
[Chris Downing] recently finished up a major project that spanned some two years and used nearly every skill he possessed. The result? A smart air hockey table with retro-gaming roots. …read more Continue reading Air Hockey Table Embraces DOOM, Retro Gaming
[Jason Winfield] shared with us a video describing a project with a lot of personality: a mounted, lit, and quivering Alien facehugger triggered by motion. The end result is a …read more Continue reading Quivering Facehugger is All Geared Up
Students [Berk Gokmen] and [Justin Green] developed an RP2040-based LED-illuminated lightsaber as a final project with a bit of a twist. It has two unusual sound-reactive modes: disco mode, and …read more Continue reading Sound-Reactive Light Saber Flips Allegiance Via Vowel Sounds
We all have a folder full of images whose filenames resemble line noise. How about renaming those images with the help of a local LLM (large language model) executable on …read more Continue reading Using Local AI on the Command Line To Rename Images (And More)