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Two-Way Holographic Display with Wemos D1 Mini This display can show two different images at the same time - no VR headsets, no software tricks, just pure optics. This is a two-way holographic display made by Julius Makes. The whole idea is that two players, sitting opposite to each other, should see the mystery instructions meant for the other person. Plus, they should be able to see their faces through the… |
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Google's Gemma 4 E2B Runs Locally on Robot Duck Google For Developers recently came up with a practical demonstration of their multimodal AI model, Gemma 4 E2B, running entirely on-device on two robotic ducks built by independent maker Antoine Pirrone. The demo is called “Gemma Playground: Robot Duck” as the goal of it is to exhibit the capabilities of Gemma with the help of the robot ducks as a demonstration… |
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Open-Source MoCap Camera Rivals Hollywood Tech The YouTube creator Matt has developed an impressive open-source motion capture (MoCap) camera system that delivers professional-level 3D tracking at a much lower cost than existing commercial solutions. The project uses 16 custom-built infrared cameras that work together to capture and process more than four billion pixels every second. These cameras can track… |
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PolyCast5 Combines Wi-Fi, LoRa, Bluetooth, IR, and ESP-NOW on an ESP32-C5 Platform If carrying a TV remote, a smart home controller, a password manager, a wireless keyboard, and a long-range IoT transmitter sounds excessive, the PolyCast5 aims to combine all of them into a single handheld device. Built around the ESP32-C5 microcontroller, the open-source gadget brings together five wireless technologies Infrared (IR), dual-band Wi-Fi, LoRa, Bluetooth 5.0/BLE, and ESP-… |
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Five-Servo Bipedal Robot Walks and Self-Balances on a Budget A maker has built a two-legged walking robot using just five RC servos, an ESP32 microcontroller, and 3D-printed parts, making it the third entry in a series of accessible open-source robot designs. The project follows earlier builds in the same series: a mini robot dog and a hexapod. The creator set two design requirements: the robot must actively balance as it walks, and it must lift its… |
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bUniProbe, a Multi-Protocol Hardware Debugger with a Web Interface There's no shortage of tools to test and debug hardware, but not many feature interfaces for SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, GPIO, ADC, and DAC in one device. bUniProbe is one of the few, and its hardware side is just half the story. It hosts its own web interface over Wi-Fi, so anyone on the network can open a browser, connect, and start working. This means multiple users can work together without the… |
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DIY FPV Goggles: HD Drone View Without the High Cost DIY creator Artur Pękosz has shown that high-quality drone viewing doesn’t need expensive or closed systems, By building a fully functional pair of FPV goggles from scratch. Using the open-source OpenIPC HD wireless transmission system, the creator designed a custom solution that captures, transmits, and displays live HD video. The project replaces traditional proprietary hardware with a… |
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Pocket - Raspberry Pi-Based AI Assistant This is Pocket, an AI assistant built by Naz Louis. The goal of this project is to run AI models completely on a Raspberry Pi 5. Since Pi 5 comes with limited resources, what he did is instead of running a large model directly on Pi 5, he made a collection of light weight models and made them work together. He designed and deployed a routing setup that routes different tasks to the right… |
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DIY Magnetic 6DoF SpaceMouse Brings Pro-Level 3D Control Hardware developer and Maker Salim Benbouziyane has created an open-source, fully functional 6-DoF (six degrees of freedom) navigation controller, offering a DIY alternative to commercial SpaceMouse devices used in CAD and 3D modeling workflows. Designed for tools like Fusion 360, Blender, and KiCad, the controller allows users to pan, zoom, and rotate 3D objects simultaneously using a single… |
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This Nerf Gun Uses AI to Predict When You’ll Pull the Trigger A hobbyist maker has taken Nerf modding to the next level by integrating machine learning into a custom-built blaster called the Stinger. High-performance "flywheel" blasters usually suffer from a slight delay while the motors spin up to full speed, which can be the difference between a hit or a miss in a fast-paced game. To solve this, creator "stingernerf" bypassed traditional hardware… |
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Run USB Devices Off Your Bench Power Supply With USBpwrMe KS Elektronikdesign is soon to launch the USBpwrMe on Crowd Supply, an adapter that can be used to power USB devices directly from a bench power supply. It supports USB Type-A and Type-C ports, operates from 3 V–20 V, and can perform charge negotiation at 5 V. Both ports can be used simultaneously; however, the campaign notes that only one USB output should be used at max load. To… |
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Intelligent 3D Reconstruction Using Advanced Point Cloud Algorithms A YouTube channel named 9nl has developed an open-source project on GitHub that is gaining attention for its approach to 3D reconstruction using point cloud data. The system combines both hardware and software elements, where a compact embedded platform such as the Raspberry Pi can be used for capturing spatial data through connected sensors like cameras or LiDAR. This data, consisting of… |
