I bought a pair of KY008 laser module and a matching sensor, and I knew I had to make some cool project with it. So took the pair, and created an electric time keeping gate for the slot car track that was already on the table for my self-driving slot car project.
We go hands-on with the latest prototype of Tilt Five, the augmented reality glasses made for tabletop gaming! We take a deep dive into the technology that makes this system work with inventor Jeri Ellsworth, and demo some of the AR boardgame experiences in development. This unique approach to augmented reality works really well and has some surprising advantages over other AR hardware we’ve previously used!
The Matrix was a hit, and now a favorite among hackers, for a lot of reasons. One of the most intriguing plot devices in the movie was the characters’ ability to download new skills. For instance, Neo is able to instantaneously learn advanced martial arts techniques — at least within the digital world. While that is purely science fiction, a new type of wearable sleeve developed by Dr. Pedro Lopes at the University of Chicago’s Human Computer Integration Lab could make a simplified version of that possible.
Learn how computers work by building and programming a computer with the classic 6502 microprocessor. This was the first truly low-cost microprocessor that started the personal-computing revolution. Versions of 6502 found their way into the Atari 2600, Apple II, Nintendo Entertainment System, Commodore 64, Atari Lynx, BBC Micro and many other computers and game consoles of the era.
In this video series, I’ll build a basic 6502 computer with an LCD display and a few buttons, explain how to program it in assembly, and write a game or two.
In this project I will show you how I used a Raspberry Pi Zero, NiMH batteries, a homemade over-discharge protection circuit, a rearview lcd and an audio amp to create a handheld game console that can play retro games.
In this project I will show you how I used a Raspberry Pi Zero, NiMH batteries, a homemade over-discharge protection circuit, a rearview lcd and an audio amp to create a handheld game console that can play retro games.
The main feature of this device is a small see-through OLED screen that is mounted on one of the glasses lenses. This allows the user to see through the display while reading text, generated by a computer, then passed along using an Arduino over serial. Any text can be shown, but since that’s not really useful the controlling computer takes pictures with a webcam, then extracts any visible text using OpenCV. Text is then sent to WolframAlpha, which searches the Internet and returns (potentially)useful information, or returns the answer to math problems that it sees.
