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In lamp design, bulbs are usually given generous clearances because they get hot during use. LED bulbs however give off comparatively little heat, which opens a few new doors. [Mark …read more Continue reading Big 3D-Printed Lamp Tries Some New Features
[Ken Shirriff]’s analysis of a fascinating high-tech paperweight created by GE at the height of the space race is as informative as it is fun to look at. This device …read more Continue reading High-Tech Paperweight Shows off Working 60s-era Thin-Film Electronics
[Mikst] has been working on wearable electronics and sensors for a long time, and shared the results of a different kind of bend sensor that fits directly onto the skin. …read more Continue reading Skin-Mounted Wearable Bend Sensor Gets Close and Personal
For devices that are destined for momentary and infrequent use as well as battery power, some kind of power saving is pretty much a required feature. For example, when [PJ …read more Continue reading USB Power Bank’s Auto-Off Becomes Useful Feature In Garage Door Remote
Empty spools from 3D printer filament are the kind of thing that begs to be repurposed, and one option is [3d-printy]’s vertical filament spool parts drawer design. The way this …read more Continue reading A New Spin on Empty Filament Spools for Part Storage
Sometimes a device doesn’t do quite what one needs, and in those cases a bit of tampering might do the trick. That’s what led to being able to record video …read more Continue reading Hacking a Thermal Imager for Dual-use of the Thermal Sensor
[T-Kuhn]’s Octo-Bouncer platform has learned some new tricks since we saw it last. If you haven’t seen it before, this device uses computer vision from a camera mounted underneath its …read more Continue reading Robotic Ball-Bouncing Platform Learns New Tricks
[Benjojo] got interested in where the magic number of 1,500 bytes came from, and shared some background on just how and why it seems to have come to be. In …read more Continue reading Just How Did 1500 Bytes Become the MTU of the Internet?
We all need the occasional win when it comes to work or personal projects. Being able to feel that payoff of progress and satisfaction is deeply important, because if everything …read more Continue reading We All Need a Win Sometimes, So Make Them Yourself
Here’s an interesting experiment that attempts to measure the quality of a linear rail by using a form of visual odometry, accomplished by mounting a camera on the rail and …read more Continue reading Video De-shaker Software Measures Linear Rail Quality