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Pixel Art Frame

“I’ve always wanted to play with a big LED matrix, and now I have! 🙂 In this post, I’m making a Pixel Art frame, capable of displaying images, scrolling text, etc … Useful to show the weather, social media notifications …

Solr: digital wrist watch

“15 months ago. This is when I started working on this project. The Solr digital wrist watch is a clock that won’t work without a battery but it will neither work without sun. Even more: the vintage display is …

EBooks  The MagPI 59

The MagPI 59

“Can you really use a Raspberry Pi 3 as a desktop replacement? That’s the question we asked The MagPi maestro Rob Zwetsloot, as we tasked him to use a Raspberry Pi, and only a Raspberry Pi, as his sole …

Tipo : Braille Smartphone Keypad

“After working with the user group on earlier version’s of braille keyboards, it was highlighted that there is no comprehensive way of typing into a smartphone. Current software solutions are too slow, do not give good tactile feedback or …

A new way of extracting copper

“MIT researchers have identified the proper temperature and chemical mixture to selectively separate pure copper and other metallic trace elements from sulfur-based minerals using molten electrolysis. This one-step, environmentally friendly process simplifies metal production and eliminates the toxic byproducts such …

Ahead of the Curve

“3D printers have been around since the 1980s, but we are still far from maximizing their potential. One active area of research and development is “self-actuating” objects: flat materials that transform themselves through material forces into the desired 3D object …

Arduino Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired

“This contraption uses servos and buzzers that react to the read distance returned by 2 ultrasonic distance sensors. So if you’re blind and somehow you managed to read this and thought the pictures were cool the next thing that …

Drones that drive

“Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature — many birds, insects, and other animals can do both. If we could program robots with similar versatility, it would open up many possibilities: Imagine machines that could fly …

Eclipse Oxygen IDE Improvements: General, Java and Git

“Eclipse Oxygen has just been released! Thanks to all committers and contributors. Good job! The Eclipse Simultaneous Release is the end result of a process that sees the coordination of scheduling and communication across Eclipse Open Source Project teams. This …

ESP8266: Super compact WiFi Snipper for DeAuth attack

“Hello world! Few years ago, a new chip came to the market which started a new revolution! Yes, i am talking about the ESP8266. This chip is way more powerful in terms of CPU architecture, clock frequency, flash size and …