In the following video, Bill Hammack (The Engineer Guy) “takes apart a digital camera and explains how it captures images using a CCD (charge coupled device). He also shares how a single CCD is used with a color filter array to create colored images.” [The Engineer Guy]
What if materials could defy gravity, so that we could leave them suspended in mid-air? ZeroN is a physical and digital interaction element that floats and moves in space by computer-controlled magnetic levitation. [ZeroN]
I love seeing how the world of robotics is evolving at its own pace, but while attempting to be innovative, designers are clearly being influenced by pop culture. Kenji Ishida and JS Robotics have a project that is in its 8th version already. This little project has them creating a remote control car that fully […]
They say that the one good thing that comes out of war and strife is technological advancement. Facial recognition technology that was originally created to identify terrorist suspects is now going to be employed in the pursuit of knowledge: to identify people featured in paintings of the past. Who is the Girl with the Pearl […]
Last year, we told you guys about GLiP, an interactive LED puzzle that was made by by 4 French students as part of their embedded systems architecture course at Télécom ParisTech. Basing themselves on the old project, 3 of these students have taken GLiP to a new level. Check it out: It is inspired from […]
Forget the zombie apocalypse–the real threat is an imminent Robopocalypse, a robot uprising! We at Epipheo care about your survival. That’s why we interviewed Daniel H. Wilson to find out exactly how to survive a robot uprising. Daniel is the world’s foremost authority on the subject and NY Times bestselling author of the book, “Robopocalypse.” […]
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Google has been licensed to use its self-driving cars on public roads in Nevada, the first time that’s happened in the United States. However they aren’t yet legal for use by the general public. The license follows a change in the law in Nevada earlier this year (following Google lobbying), with Google the first company […]
Do you know how to close an app on your iPhone, iPad, etc? Wait, do you really know? Because most people just think once they leave the app, it’s closed. But actually, it’s still running in the background, eating away at your battery. This kid on YouTube, who goes by the name Smark Aleck, shows […]
The 3D printing craze is still full-steam ahead. Thingiverse member, CarryTheWhat (who sells 3D printed stuff on Etsy) recently posted a design for a solder-free, 3D printed Circuit board. The goal of this project is to enable the personal manufacturing of simple electronics, especially for Open Source Hardware — with nothing except a 3D printer, […]