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[Eric Gregori] sent in an article he wrote for EETimes to introduce the concepts behind computer vision to the masses. As a nice little bonus, [Eric] included a VMware image containing Ubuntu and all the packages and examples necessary to write your own OpenCV apps. There's a ton of awesome stuff you can do with computer vision - from automated sentries to keep squirrels away, a kitchen that … [Read more...]
[Vinod] sent in a very cool build he says is somewhat of a 'mad project': he mounted an MMC and SD card under Linux using the parallel port on his computer. Even though parallel ports are getting rarer these days, we absolutely love [Vinod]'s dedication and willingness to dig around the Linux kernel. The hardware portion of the build is very simple - just an SD/MMC header and a few resistors … [Read more...]
Not long after [CulinarilySpeaking] got into the Arduino game, he began to want more IO pins and a larger program space for more ambitious projects. This, of course, led him down the path towards the Sanguino, the ATMega644-based dev board with many more IO pins than Arduino boards based on the ATMega328. Instead of buying new, [CulinarilySpeaking] decided to make his own Sanguino, and the … [Read more...]
[Dave] loved his iPod nano so much that he implanted 4 magnets in his arm to hold it. Ok, go ahead and shout "fanboy" at your screen and say something snide about apples products or lament the poor working conditions at foxconn. Got it out of your system? Cool. Actually, if we had to guess, [Dave] really isn't doing this all for his love of the device or the company. It is much more likely … [Read more...]
Amazing ass... for a robot Yep, Japan still has the creepy robotics market cornered. Case in point is this robotic posterior. Don't worry, they've included a dissection so you can see how the insides work too. [via Gizmodo] Time-lapse camera module results As promised, [Quinn Dunki] sent in a link to the photo album from her time lapse camera module. In case you missed it, she … [Read more...]
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