To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11’s landing, hacker Mark Wilson decided to create his own DSKY computer replica using an Arduino Uno and 240×320 LCD display. While Wilson is quick to note that it’s not a faithful representation of the Apollo Display and Keyboard module, or DKSY, it at least gives users a feel for the machine and even acts as a clock when you’re not pretending to travel through space.
An induction heater is a multiuse tool that can be used to heat metallic objects quickly and locally. It relies on induction, in which a coil can induce eddy currents within conductive material that is placed inside of the coil. This requires a very quickly-oscillating alternating current in order to induce the eddy currents that heat the metal. Induction heaters have many practical industrial applications, and they can also come in handy for hobbyists who don’t want to work with open flames or other heat sources. If you have a need for one, you can follow DIY KING 00’s tutorial to build your own affordable 2000 watt induction heater.
MigaOne is a unique electric actuator based on Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire, also known as muscle wire.
In this video I unbox a Baofeng UV-5R radio and demonstrate how to configure it to receive the narrowband FM signal that the ISS (International Space Station) transmits for Voice, APRS and SSTV signals.
Humans have come up with a lot of ways to display the time over the centuries that we’ve been bothering to do so. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, digital LCD clocks and wristwatches were all the rage as people got excited about the cool new technology. These days, analog clocks are seen as classier than their digital counterparts. It’s also possible to mesh the two together into kinetic works of art. That’s what Erich Styger has achieved with his Meta Clock that is made of 24 individual analog clocks.
This video shows how to integrate a torrent seedbox with your media server. It shows how to setup the seed box then use it with a combination of sonarr, radarr and syncthing. In this video setup is on an Unraid server but this can be done on any system using the 3 above applications.
Something to look forward to: Intel is offering an appealing upgrade with their tenth generation of mainstream processors. Every CPU now has hyperthreading, and every CPU is getting a 100-200 MHz speed bump over its predecessor. The flagship i9-10900K is also getting two extra cores and a new boost mode that can push speeds up to 5.3 GHz.
Everybody is crazy about LED cubes. I wanted to create one myself, but I wanted to make it an even bigger challenge and since I am not limited by the use of circuit boards and can make it free-form. I’ve decided to make an LED ball. I believe this is the first instance of air-wire LED ball in the world.
It’s controlled by ESP32 board and powered by 1000mAh LiPo battery. So not only it is wearable but also can be controlled via mobile phone.
This tiny robot lets you remotely and mechanically control all the buttons, switches, and toggles anywhere in your home via app and voice.
