Here we have another one of the many robotics projects to use ROS, the Robot Operating System, running on a Raspberry Pi 4, and programmed in Python. What makes this one special is that it balances on two wheeled legs, can move at 2 m/s, can carry up to 80kg, and can balance all by itself. It can jump down a couple of stairs and land on its feet like a cat – it’s a little unnerving, but it points the way to a future where delivery robots won’t be scuppered by having to go up stairs.
A special, scalable spectacle-case with a flexible 3D structure
A digital KVM for connecting a Raspberry Pi to another PC – no networking required
The MIDI Blaster uses a Raspberry Pi 4, as the Raspberry Pi 5 doesn’t have a 3.5mm audio jack. It’s loaded with ‘sound fonts’, which is a new one on us, but it means that the user can give the music from one game – Final Fantasy VII, say – the sonic characteristics of the […]
Reddit user HardWiredFurry found a beautiful copper heatsink and was inspired to build their own. This build uses two fans for cooling, as well as the copper heatsink, and is now looking aesthetically pleasing on their desk while hosting a Minecraft server.
From 1982 to 2000 Sony also made a line of pocket TVs, which didn’t catch on as much in the UK (who wants to walk around glued to a tiny portable screen, eh?). These devices, collectively called the Sony Watchman, came in many, many variants as screen technology evolved over 18 years of production. What’s […]
The KVM and video capture box is up for grabs
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