Collaborate Disseminate
In VR, a blink can be a window of opportunity to improve the user’s experience. We’ll explain how in a moment, but blinks are tough to capitalize on because they …read more Continue reading Blinks Are Useful In VR, But Triggering Blinks Is Tricky
Interested in the new hotness of printing previously-impossible overhangs? You can now integrate Arc Overhangs into PrusaSlicer and give it a shot for yourself. Arc overhangs is a method of …read more Continue reading Arc Overhangs in PrusaSlicer are a Simple Script Away
Sometimes it would be helpful if a 3D printed object could stretch & bend. Flexible filament like TPU is one option, but [NagyBig] designed a simple bracelet to ask: how …read more Continue reading Rubber Bands and O-Rings Give 3D Prints Some Stretch
Training robots to execute tasks in the real world requires data — the more, the better. The problem is that creating these datasets takes a lot of time and effort, …read more Continue reading Teaching a Robot to Hallucinate
We have a soft spot for devices that subvert purpose and expectation, and that definitely sums up [Guy Dupont]’s Clock That Is Wrong. It knows the correct time, but whether …read more Continue reading Sneaky Clock Displays Wrong Time If It Catches You Looking
Teardowns are great because they let us peek not only at a product’s components, but also gain insight into the design decisions and implementations of hardware. For teardowns, we’re used …read more Continue reading Watch Sony Engineers Tear Down Sony’s VR Hardware
A fan to remove fumes is a handy thing to have when soldering, even better is a fan furnished with a filter. Better still is a fan that activates only …read more Continue reading Tiny PCB Banishes Soldering Fumes, Automatically
Real-time object detection, which uses neural networks and deep learning to rapidly identify and tag objects of interest in a video feed, is a handy feature with great hacker potential. …read more Continue reading How To Roll Your Own Custom Object Detection Neural Network
The Google Stadia game streaming service relied on a proprietary controller. It was a pretty neat piece of hardware that unfortunately looked destined for landfills when Google announced that Stadia …read more Continue reading Stadia Controller’s Two Extra Buttons Get Seen With WebHID
In the United States in 1939, television sets still had a long way to go before they pretty much sold themselves. Efforts to do just that are what led to …read more Continue reading RCA’s Clear Plastic TV Wowed Crowds In 1939