You Draw It, CNC Cuts It
[Jamie] aka [vector76] hit us with a line-tracing plugin for OctoPrint that cuts out whatever 2D shape you draw on a piece of wood. The plugin lets you skip the …read more Continue reading You Draw It, CNC Cuts It
Category Archives: opencv
OpenCV Brings Pinch to Zoom Into the Real World
Gesture controls arrived in the public consciousness a little over a decade ago as touchpads and touchscreens became more popular. The main limitation to gesture controls, a least as far …read more Continue reading OpenCV Brings Pinch to Zoom Into the Real World
ElectronBot: A Sweet Mini Desktop Robot That Ticks All The Boxes
[Peng Zhihui] seems to have found some spare time and energy to crack out another sweet robot build, this time it’s a much smaller, and cuter emoji-bot (Original GitHub Link,) with …read more Continue reading ElectronBot: A Sweet Mini Desktop Robot That Ticks All The Boxes
Forget Sudoku, Build Yourself a Minimalist Rubik’s Solver Robot
Some people like crossword puzzles, some are serious sudoku ninjas, but [Andrea Favero] likes to keep himself sharp, by learning coding and solving control problems, and that is something we …read more Continue reading Forget Sudoku, Build Yourself a Minimalist Rubik’s Solver Robot
OpenCV Knows Where Your Hand Is
We have to say, [Murtaza]’s example game in his latest video isn’t very exciting. However, the OpenCV technique he uses to track a hand and determine its distance from a …read more Continue reading OpenCV Knows Where Your Hand Is
A Label Maker That Uses AI Really Poorly
[8BitsAndAByte] found herself obsessively labeling items around her house, and, like the rest of the world, wanted to see what simple, routine tasks could be made unnecessarily complicated by using …read more Continue reading A Label Maker That Uses AI Really Poorly
Wake-Up Robot Does It Gently
For hundreds of years, people have fallen asleep while reading in bed late at night. These days it’s worse, what with us taking phones to the face instead when we …read more Continue reading Wake-Up Robot Does It Gently
OpenCV Hack Chat
Join us on Wednesday, December 1 at noon Pacific for the OpenCV Hack Chat with Brandon Gilles! A lot of what we take for granted these days existed only in …read more Continue reading OpenCV Hack Chat
Stardew Valley Preferences Bot is a Gift to the Player
It seems like most narrative games have some kind of drudgery built in. You know, some tedious and repetitious task that you absolutely must do if you want to succeed. …read more Continue reading Stardew Valley Preferences Bot is a Gift to the Player
This Robot Can’t Keep Its Eyes Off The Money
Some say there’s no treasure quite as valuable as the almighty dollar. [Norbert Zare] likes alt-rock soundtracks on Youtube videos and robots obsessed with money, so set about building the …read more Continue reading This Robot Can’t Keep Its Eyes Off The Money