by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 1, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
We normally chuckle at high-profile auctions where people compete to pay as much as possible for items they clearly don’t need. It’s easy to laugh when the items on the block are things like paint-spattered canvases, but every once in a while some genuine bit of...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 31, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
RC cars are a fun pastime, but for many hackers, taking things to the next level involves making the cars drive themselves. For his Masters thesis, [Jon] did just that, building a self-driving robot truck that confidently cruises the floor of his laboratory. The truck...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 30, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Recent price drops put entry level masked stereolithography (MSLA) resin 3D printers at around $200 USD, making them a very compelling tool for makers and hackers. But as you might expect, getting the price this low often involves cutting several corners. One of the...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 29, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
A recent writeup by Tom Nardi about using the 6502-based NES to track satellites brought back memories of my senior project at Georgia Tech back in the early 80s. At our club station W4AQL, I had become interested in Amateur Radio satellites. It was quite...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 28, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
A good smartphone now will have about 500 pixels per inch (PPI) on its screen. Even the best phones we could find clock in at just over 800 PPI. But Stanford researchers have a way to make displays with more than 10,000 pixels per inch using technology borrowed from...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 26, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
We’ve said it before, but we cast a wary eye at any superlative claims that come our way. “World’s fastest” or “world’s first” claims always seem to be quickly debunked, but when the claim of “World’s Smallest Benchy” is backed up by a tugboat that two dozen E. coli...
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