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The eyes are windows into the mind, and this research into what jumping spiders look at and why required a clever device that performs eye tracking, but for jumping spiders. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/28/eye-tracking-device-is-a-tiny-movie-theatre-for-jumping-spiders/)
Ordinarily, when we hear the words “clock” and “oscilloscope” in the same sentence we conjure images of measuring a stable, repeating square wave that acts as the heartbeat of a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/28/oscilloscope-clocks-now-in-color/)
Soil sensors are handy things, but while sensing moisture is what they do, how they handle that data is what makes them useful. Ensuring usefulness is what led [Maakbaas] to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/28/soil-sensor-shows-flip-dots-arent-just-for-signs/)
Looking to recreate those relaxing Minecraft fishing sessions in real life, [electrosync] recently set out to 3D print himself a blocky remote controlled boat, complete with a similarly cubic occupant to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/28/rc-minecraft-boat-patrols-the-pool-for-treasure/)
To measure wind speed and direction, most people turn the traditional cup anemometer and wind vane. Another less-known method is to use an array of ultrasonic transducers, which doesn’t need …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/28/turn-a-parking-sensor-into-an-anemometer/)
VCF East 2021: The Early Evolution of Personal Computer Graphics
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/29/vcf-east-2021-the-early-evolution-of-personal-computer-graphics/
The evolution of computer graphics is something that has been well documented over the years, and it’s a topic that we always enjoy revisiting with our retrocomputing readers. To wit, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/10/29/vcf-east-2021-the-early-evolution-of-personal-computer-graphics/)