Can A Drone Push A Bike?
It sounds like a rhetorical question that a Midwestern engineer might ask, something on the order of ‘can you fix this bad PCB spin?’ [Tom Stanton] sets out to answer …read more Continue reading Can A Drone Push A Bike?
Author Archives: Matthew Carlson
Custom Cycling Camper Continues Car-Free
If you own a camper or RV, you might think twice when taking it out after giving gasoline prices a look. Towing all that extra weight and wind drag along …read more Continue reading Custom Cycling Camper Continues Car-Free
Recreating a Camera Shot
People rolling off shields and spears clashing against swords as the camera zooms in and out wildly makes the hallmark action sequences in the movie 300 so iconic. Unfortunately, achieving …read more Continue reading Recreating a Camera Shot
Upscaling The Sierras
If you played many games back in the mid-80s to 90s, you might remember the iconic graphics from Sierra’s Online Adventure Games. They were brightly colored (16 colors) and dynamic …read more Continue reading Upscaling The Sierras
A Solar Frame From Scratch
“From scratch” is a bit of a murky expression. How scratchy does it get? Are you just baking your bread yourself or are you growing your own wheat? Rolling your …read more Continue reading A Solar Frame From Scratch
Make Your Own Virtual Set
An old adage says out of cheap, fast, and good, choose two. So if you’re like [Philip Moss] and trying to make a comedy series on a limited budget rapidly, …read more Continue reading Make Your Own Virtual Set
Ditch The Laptop For The Tabletop
The idea of a cyberdeck is simple. A relatively portable case that is primarily a keyboard with some screen attached. Cyberdecks often try to hit a particular aesthetic or vibe …read more Continue reading Ditch The Laptop For The Tabletop
Hack Another ELF On The Stack
[dropbear] recently found herself in a pickle. Dumping some data out of an Android app at a specific point for reverse engineering purposes. While it worked great in the simulator, …read more Continue reading Hack Another ELF On The Stack
AVX-512: When The Bits Really Count
For the majority of workloads, fiddling with assembly instructions isn’t worth it. The added complexity and code obfuscation generally outweigh the relatively modest gains. Mainly because compilers have become quite …read more Continue reading AVX-512: When The Bits Really Count
How A Smartphone is Made, in Eight “Easy” Blocks
The smartphone represents one of the most significant shifts in our world. In less than thirteen years, we went from some people owning a dumb phone to the majority of …read more Continue reading How A Smartphone is Made, in Eight “Easy” Blocks