Canon tempts mobile snappers with two new PowerShot compacts

With smartphone cameras improving all the time, spending money on compact cameras seems less and less attractive. Nevertheless, major players like Nikon and Canon are still releasing them, and the latter has just updated a couple of its G-ser… Continue reading Canon tempts mobile snappers with two new PowerShot compacts

2019 Kia Forte sets a new standard for entry-level compact sedans

We spent a week in the all-new 2019 Kia Forte and found that it has raised the bar for expectations in the small car segment. With a great drive dynamic, a good look, and some solid technologies available, the Forte is the new compact to beat… Continue reading 2019 Kia Forte sets a new standard for entry-level compact sedans

MoAgriS: A Modular Agriculture System

Hackaday.io user [Prof. Fartsparkle] aims to impress us again with MoAgriS, a stripped-down rig for bringing crops indoors and providing them with all they need.

This project is an evolution of their submission to last year’s Hackaday Prize, MoRaLiS — a modular lighting system on rails — integrating modules for light, water, airflow, fertilizer and their appropriate sensors. With an emphasis on low-cost, a trio of metal bars serve as the structure, power and data transmission medium with SAM D11 chips shepherding each plant.

Reinforced, angled PCBs extend rails horizontally allowing the modules to be mounted at separate heights. Light …read more

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