Smart Ruler Has Many Features
For those of us who remember old ball mice, they were a lot like modern optical mice except that they needed to be cleaned constantly. Having optical mice as a …read more Continue reading Smart Ruler Has Many Features
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FDA authorizes prescription VR system for chronic back pain
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a first-of-its-kind virtual reality (VR) system designed to help reduce chronic lower back pain. The authorization follows a successful clinical trial demonstrating the VR system producing clin… Continue reading FDA authorizes prescription VR system for chronic back pain
A Breathtaking Circuit Sculpture Clock
Here at Hackaday, we pride ourselves on bringing you the very freshest of hacks. But that doesn’t mean we catch all the good stuff the first time around, and occasionally …read more Continue reading A Breathtaking Circuit Sculpture Clock
Steppers and ESP32 Make This Retro-Modern Flip-Clock Tick
Before LEDs became cheap enough to be ubiquitous, flip-card displays were about the only way to get a digital clock. These entirely electromechanical devices had their own charm, and they …read more Continue reading Steppers and ESP32 Make This Retro-Modern Flip-Clock Tick
Super 8 Camera Brought Back To Life
The Super 8 camera, while a groundbreaking video recorder in its time, is borderline unusable now. Even if you can get film for it (and afford its often enormous price), …read more Continue reading Super 8 Camera Brought Back To Life
Large study finds potential benefits of digital screen time for children
A new screen time study tracking the effects of device use in schoolchildren has found those who spend more time with digital devices had larger friendship groups. The research indicates the influence of screen time on children may not be as undesirabl… Continue reading Large study finds potential benefits of digital screen time for children
Shapely hybrid floor amp combines tube-driven sound with digital smarts
Startup Amonito has launched an all-in-one guitar amplification package shaped roughly like an ammonite that offers analog tube-driven sounds and digital effects. And there’s a lot to like here, apart from the rather high price of entry.Continue Readin… Continue reading Shapely hybrid floor amp combines tube-driven sound with digital smarts
Parts Shortage Forces Creativity for this Recursive Clock of Clocks
We’ve been seeing a lot of metaclocks lately — a digital clock whose display is formed by the sweeping hands of an array of individual analog clocks. They can look …read more Continue reading Parts Shortage Forces Creativity for this Recursive Clock of Clocks
Precise Sundial Tells Time to the Minute
We’re always a fan of an interesting or unique clock build around here, which often use intricate pieces of technology to keep time such as weights and gears, crystal oscillators, …read more Continue reading Precise Sundial Tells Time to the Minute
Analog Camera Goes Digital
The digital camera revolution swept through the world in the early 2000s, and aside from some unique situations and a handful of artists still using film, almost everyone has switched …read more Continue reading Analog Camera Goes Digital