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A Bayer array, or Bayer filter, is what lets a digital camera take color photos. It’s an array of tiny color filters that sit on top of a camera’s CCD. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/09/using-a-laser-to-blast-away-a-bayer-array/)
Last month we featured a project that aimed to recreate the iconic mechanical VU meter with an Arduino and a common OLED display. It was cheap and easy to implement, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/09/improving-oled-vu-meters-with-a-little-physics/)
There are a few words in the electrical engineering lexicon that will perk any hardware hacker’s ears. The first of course is “Nixie tubes” with their warm cold war era …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/09/relay-logic-nixie-tube-clock-checks-all-the-boxes/)
Back before the days of computers, animation was drawn by hand. We typically think of cartoons and animated feature films, but there were other genres as well. For example, animation …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/09/animation-in-education-1950s-style/)
There’s nothing quite like going to a museum and being given a tour by a docent who really knows their way around the exhibits. When that docent has first hand …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/09/taking-a-walk-down-computer-memory-lane/)
Have you ever been looking for a screwdriver, USB stick, or your keys, only to find them right where you left them in plain sight? We have. As many prolific …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/10/hiding-links-in-plain-sight-with-bookmark-knocking/)
Tamagotchi’s relatively simple technical complexity pales in comparison to its huge cultural impact, with over 76 million sold. It has spawned comics, stories, numerous toys, and offshoots such as an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/10/tamagotchis-everywhere/)