by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Sep 22, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
[Mark]’s sand table wisely has a glass top.Most of us have probably seen a video of a sand drawing table at work, in which a steel ball — magnetically-coupled to a gantry under a layer of sand — lazily draws geometric patterns with utter precision and zen-like...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Sep 21, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
The 18650 is perhaps the world’s favorite lithium battery, even if electric car manufacturers are beginning to move towards larger cells such as the 21700. Used heavily in laptops and flashlights, it packs a useful amount of energy into a compact, easy to use package....
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Sep 20, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
The uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to expand, with one of the more recent implementations being video processing. A new method can “fill in” frames to smooth out the appearance of the video, which [LegoEddy] was able to use this in one...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Sep 19, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
A Super Nintendo that has trouble showing sprites doesn’t make for a very good game system. As it turns out, Super Mario World is a lot less fun when the titular hero is invisible. So it’s no surprise that [jwotto] ended up tossing this partially functional SNES into...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Sep 18, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Electronic devices can be surprisingly leaky, often spraying out information for anyone close by to receive. [Docter Cube] has found another such leak, this time with the speakers in iPhones. While repairing an old AM radio and listening to a podcast on his iPhone, he...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Sep 17, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
The CNC bug is a familiar ailment in these parts. Often, patients present with persistent obsession with computer controlled machinery, most commonly after initial contact with gateway hardware such as 3D printers or basic plotters. Once diagnosed, there is no cure –...
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