Collaborate Disseminate
This clever research from the University of Chicago’s Human Computer Integration Lab demonstrates a fascinating way to let users “feel” objects in VR, without anything getting in the way of …read more Continue reading Tactile Feedback in VR, No Cumbersome Gloves Or Motors Required
Modern insulin pumps are self-contained devices that attach to a user’s skin via an adhesive patch, and are responsible for administering insulin as needed. Curious as to what was inside, …read more Continue reading Insulin Pump Teardown Shows One Motor Does Many Jobs
[mat kelcey] was so impressed and inspired by the concept of a very slow movie player (which is the playing of a movie at a slow rate on a kind …read more Continue reading Very Slow Movie Player Avoids E-Ink Ghosting With Machine Learning
80s-era electronic speech certainly has a certain retro appeal to it, but it can sometimes be a useful data output method since it can be implemented on very little hardware. …read more Continue reading Make Your ESP32 Talk Like It’s the 80s Again
If one is serious about testing the stiffness of materials or parts, there’s nothing quite like doing your own tests. And thanks to [JanTec]’s 3-Point Bending Test rig, there’s no …read more Continue reading Testing Part Stiffness? No Need To Re-invent the Bending Rig
Cassette players and tapes are fertile hacking ground. One reason is that their electromechanical and analog nature provides easy ways to fiddle with their operation. For example, slow down the …read more Continue reading Messing With a Cassette Player Never Sounded So Good
Large Language Models (LLM) are at the heart of natural-language AI tools like ChatGPT, and Web LLM shows it is now possible to run an LLM directly in a browser. …read more Continue reading Chatting With Local AI Moves Directly In-Browser, Thanks to Web LLM
It may not be obvious, but Valve’s Steam Deck is capable of being more than just a games console. Demonstrating this is [Parker Reed]’s experiment in 3D scanning his kitchen …read more Continue reading 3D Scanning a Room With a Steam Deck And a Kinect
Have ever looked at Wolfram Alpha and the development of Wolfram Language and thought that perhaps Stephen Wolfram was a bit ahead of his time? Well, maybe the times may …read more Continue reading Wolfram Alpha With ChatGPT Looks Like a Killer Combo
[Jack]’s design for a 3D-printable foaming nozzle works by mixing air with a fluid like liquid soap or hand sanitizer. This mixture gets forced through what looks like layers of …read more Continue reading 3D-Printable Foaming Nozzle Shows How They Work