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A spare monitor and keyboard are handy things to have around, but they’re a bit of a hassle. They are useful for hardware development, plugging in to headless servers, or …read more Continue reading This Is Not a Laptop, It’s a KVM Combo
[Useful Sensors] aims to embed a variety of complementary AI tools into a small, private, self-contained module with no internet connection with AI in a Box. It can do live …read more Continue reading AI in a Box Envisions AI as a Private, Offline, Hackable Module
It may have taken ten years to come through on this particular Kickstarter, but a promise is a promise. In late August 2023, backers who had since likely forgotten all …read more Continue reading The ‘Scope of This Kickstarter? Ten Years.
The Pixel Pump is an open source manual pick & place assist tool by [Robin Reiter], and after a long road to completion, it’s ready to ship. We first saw …read more Continue reading Pixel Pump, the Open Source Vacuum Pickup Tool is Now Shipping
In a way, an e-paper display makes an excellent foundation for a reprogrammable RFID card. The display only needs power during a refresh, and 125 kHz RFID tags are passive …read more Continue reading RFID Emulator + E-paper Badge Can be Programmed With Sound
There’s no denying that while railroads have switched to diesel and electric as their primary power sources, there’s a certain allure to the age of steam. With that in mind, …read more Continue reading Bringing a Steam Train Back from Extinction
Back in 2018, we covered the work being done by [Andrew Sinden] to create a lightgun that could work on modern televisions. The project was looking for funding via Kickstarter, …read more Continue reading The Little Lightgun that Could: Sinden Makes Good
[Nick Poole] has an interesting idea for a new tool, one that has the simple goal of making accurate part counts of SMT reels as easy as pulling tape through …read more Continue reading SMT Part Counter Aims to Ease Taking Inventory
The OAK-D is an open-source, full-color depth sensing camera with embedded AI capabilities, and there is now a crowdfunding campaign for a newer, lighter version called the OAK-D Lite. The …read more Continue reading OAK-D Depth Sensing AI Camera Gets Smaller and Lighter
Crowdfunding hardware has its own unique challenges, and [Uri Shaked] wrote a fascinating report that goes into excellent detail about his experience bringing a crowdfunded hardware project to life. [Uri]’s …read more Continue reading Successfully Crowdfunded Hardware: Everything Behind The Scenes