Tag: Do It Yourself
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Progress on Russian’s ‘Anti-Mosquito Laser Turret’ Halted by Winter
In a video, he demonstrates the “laser galvanometer adjusting process” by showing the red point of the laser tracking a yellow dot around a …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Could Your Project Use Some Artificial Intelligence?
My last project, Hedley the robotic skull, was a fun endeavor. He can turn his head and follow me as I walk around in his field of …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: The Next Wave of Maker Tools for Students
Over the years, I’ve actively sought opportunities to get different perspectives on things. So, each January I visit the Future of …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Give Your On-Screen Gauge a New Face
Sometimes inspiration is like a flash of lightning, out of the blue. That was the case this past week as I pondered the aesthetics of the …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Creating a Telepresence Personality for Hedley, the Robotic Skull
As the author of the Off-The-Shelf Hacker column, part of my job is to try seemingly goofy ideas and pass along the experience to readers. …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Hedley the Robotic Skull Notices Its Creator
Much has happened in the past couple weeks with my current project, building a robot skull. The skull is operational and reliably tracks me …
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Silicon Valley Legend ‘Captain Crunch’ Publishes His Life Story
If it wasn’t for the incessant technical curiosity of John Draper, the now 74-year-old former phone hacker known as “Captain …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Make Your Wearable Device Talk to You
Building wearable devices is a great way to explore “alternative” interfaces. What if your wearable device could do things and then …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Trends in Microcontrollers
Microcontrollers — those integrated circuits that act like small computers — have come a long way in the past few years. There are the Arduino-styled …
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