Collaborate Disseminate
(1) Weather alert indicator, (2) Current temperature and “feels like” temperature, (3) Relative humidity and wind, (4) 24-hour temperature graph, (5) 24-hour precipitation probability graph
Not that long ago, making a low-power and wireless weather display complete with an e-ink …read more
[NotLikeALeafOnTheWind] has created many LED-based display projects, and shares his method for making attractive LED panel frames and mounts. At first glance it may look as though slapping a rectangle of aluminum extrusion around a display is all it takes, …read more
Continue reading Useful Build Tips For Making LED Panel Frames
Simulating a tabletop game can be done for several reasons: to play the game digitally, to create computer opponent(s), or to prove someone wrong. In [Everett]’s case, he used Python to prove which adult was right about basic strategy in …read more
Continue reading Python Settles Bet About Best Strategy in Children’s Board Game
[Amen]’s Rockwell 920 calculator from the 70s was a very impressive piece of hardware for its time. It sported a 16-digit display, a printer, and it could run programs. It even had a magnetic card reader/writer that could be used …read more
Continue reading Vintage Calculator Design Shows Just How Much We Take for Granted Today
[0xricksanchez] participated in a software reverse-engineering challenge and recently wrote up the solution, and in so doing also documented the process used to discover it. The challenge was called Devil’s Swapper, and consisted of a small binary blob that …read more
Continue reading Software Challenge’s Solution Shows Reverse Engineering in Action
[Pete] admits that his MIDI-based slide advance alert system is definitely a niche solution to a niche problem, but it is a wonderful example of using available tools to serve a specific need. The issue was this: [Pete] is involved …read more
Continue reading Using MIDI to Solve a Keyboard Shortcut Problem
[Dave Madison] came across some old digital photos, and in his quest to access them, he ran into quite a few challenges. The saga brings to mind both Murphy’s Law, and while [Dave] prevailed in the end, it required quite …read more
Continue reading Legacy Digital Photos, With a Side of Murphy’s Law
Free and open-source software (FOSS) doesn’t have to be entirely separate from the concept of bringing in money, but the path to monetizing is maybe less clear than it could be. To help address this, [Drew DeVault] has shared some …read more
Continue reading Some Tips for Monetizing Work in Open Source
For 3D printers that aren’t already enclosed, why is easily adding a cheap and effective enclosure still not a completely solved problem? The reason is simple: unless one’s needs are very basic, enclosures are more than just boxes.
Different people …read more
Continue reading 3D Printering: Why Aren’t Enclosures Easier?
Using vision technology to identify weeds in agriculture is an area of active development, and a team of researchers recently shared their method of using a combination of machine vision plus depth information to identify and map weeds with the …read more