Collaborate Disseminate
One of the more popular social activities in China is group dancing in public squares. Often the pastime of many middle-aged and older women, participants are colloquially referred to as …read more Continue reading Speaker ‘Stun Gun’ Aims To Combat China’s Dancing Grannies
Summer is fading into a memory now, but as surely as the earth orbits the sun, those hot and sweaty days will return soon enough. And what can you do …read more Continue reading How Much is That Shirt in the (Atmospheric) Window?
Don’t blame us for the title. [CCrome] admits it may well be the cheapest and worst IR camera available. The concept is surprisingly simple. Mount a cheap Harbor Freight non-contact …read more Continue reading World’s Cheapest and Possibly Worst IR Camera
Everyone loves watching movies, that is, so long as you can hear what the characters on screen are saying. [GreatScott] found this second part difficult while watching through BladeRunner 2049, …read more Continue reading Is Your Movie too Loud? Can’t Hear the Dialogue? This Circuit can Help.
Astronomers have detected a strange radio source coming from somewhere near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The signal repeats seemingly at random, and can’t be neatly attributed to any known astronomical object, leading the team to consider that i… Continue reading Bizarre repeating radio signal near galactic center may be brand new object
Infrared spectrometers are expensive and powerful instruments scientists use to analyze the chemical makeup of a sample, and a new research project has demonstrated what this technology might look like if packed into a smartphone. The breakthrough hing… Continue reading Tunable LEDs shrink infrared spectroscopy down to phone-friendly size
We don’t want to count our chickens just yet, but it looks like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) might actually launch in October, for real this time. The perennially delayed instrument has completed its final tests and is now being prepped for sh… Continue reading James Webb Space Telescope completes its final testing phase
The new hotness in consumer electronics might be RF remotes based on protocols like Bluetooth Low Energy, but there’s still plenty of life left in the classic infrared remote. Especially …read more Continue reading An OSHW IR Remote Control Powered by the ATtiny13A
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new type of night-vision technology that is the first of its kind. Taking the form of an ultra-thin film, it can be applied directly to glasses to act as a filter, needing only a s… Continue reading Ground-breaking night-vision film can be applied to regular glasses
The TV-B-Gone is a well known piece of kit in hacker circles: just point it at a noisy TV in a public space, hit the button, and one of the …read more Continue reading Arduino Compatible IR Blaster Keeps TVs At Bay