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“In this short series - I will attempt to show different methods for using the L298 H Bridge Motor Driver Board. The L298 is commonly found in hobby and educational robots. This was put together, not to show a complete working …
“With DIY gear so readily available, building your own controllers can be fun, rewarding and really creative. Here, Liam Lacey shows you how to make your own 3D gesture-sensing USB MIDI controller. Over the past ten years or so there …
“Introduction I have used LED matrix displays for a number of different projects over the last few years. These 8x8 LED units have a controller that allows an Arduino to talk to them sending text or graphic information that can …
“Use a Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing Dev and HC-SR04 to create a monitoring device that can make sure your door stays closed while you’re away. Have you ever left your house and wondered “Will someone try to break in …
“Researchers at Columbia Engineering have solved a long-standing issue in the creation of untethered soft robots whose actions and movements can help mimic natural biological systems. A group in the Creative Machines lab led by Hod Lipson, professor of mechanical …
“This chapter describes how to animate a complex mechanism like the strandbeest using OpenSCAD. The model is not meant for 3D-Printing. The source code is just one file without the use of external libraries, tested with OpenSCAD version 2015.03 …
“Oracle today announced the general availability of Java SE 9 (JDK 9), Java Platform Enterprise Edition 8 (Java EE 8) and the Java EE 8 Software Development Kit (SDK). JDK 9 is a production-ready implementation of the Java SE 9 …
News Oracle’s New SPARC Systems Deliver 2-7x Better Performance, Security Capabilities, and Efficiency than Intel-based Systems
“Oracle today announced its eighth generation SPARC platform, delivering new levels of security capabilities, performance, and availability for critical customer workloads. Powered by the new SPARC M8 microprocessor, new Oracle systems and IaaS deliver a modern enterprise platform, including proven …
“Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world’s first ‘molecular robot’ that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. The tiny robots, which are a millionth of a millimetre in size, can be programmed …
“I made a programmable LED disco ball totem for bringing to music festivals — a Compact Disc-o Ball, if you will. :) What’s a totem? As you may know, you don’t get cellular reception at many large music festivals. Also …