from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsAwning Motorized and Automated To Avoid Wind Damage: Awnings can be architecturally beautiful, and they provide lovely shelter from the sun and even a bit of rain. They don’t always like taking a pounding from high winds though. …read more #hadtips https://t.co/xG2BuRnRzB https://t.co/jnvZWlLS4q
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsRoboticized Zelda Ocarina Plays Itself: [3DSage] has long been obsessed with a certain type of musical instrument after playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It spawned a project to robotically control an ocarina, …read more #hadtips https://t.co/5TXE8mCJKh https://t.co/yAWFV5X87o
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsKeeping Thermal Plants Cool Without Breaking the Cooling Water Budget: Steam generators in thermal (steam-cycle) power plants require a constant influx of cool water to maximize the transfer of thermal energy. How this water is cooled again in… #hadtips https://t.co/tde9FUKMFa https://t.co/Slt1K5DFDr
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsPicoDebugger Makes Development Easier: Debugging a Raspberry Pi Pico is straightforward enough; it simply involves hooking up something up to the USB and SWD pins. [Mark Stevens] whipped up the PicoDebugger to make this …read more #hadtips https://t.co/SQuUyiDuqE https://t.co/huRHSyEK1J
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsBuilding a Digital Compass With An Arduino: The magnetic compass has been a crucial navigational tool for around a thousand years or so, perhaps longer. While classical versions still work perfectly well, you can now get digital …read more #hadtips https://t.co/3fyKvdtNpS https://t.co/tkeqtseatG
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsCP/M Porting in a Few Hours: If you’ve ever wanted to watch someone bring CP/M up on a new system and you have a couple of hours to spare, check out the recorded live stream of …read more #hadtips https://t.co/p51MyyXk8U https://t.co/X5Gd1ykA2g
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 18, 2023
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsYou’ve Got Mail: Sorting and the USPS: Snail mail. You may not think much of it these days, but the mail doesn’t stop and it never has. Every type of mail from postcards and letters to large …read more #hadtips https://t.co/gjSGf7Lg5v https://t.co/G7MfQr1dHA
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsPhone Thermal Cameras Get Open Source Desktop Tools: Whenever phone-based thermal cameras are brought up here on Hackaday, we inevitably receive some comments about how they’re a bad investment compared to a standalone unit. Sure they might be… #hadtips https://t.co/mmHhzZKt32 https://t.co/MDL1AqZv0F
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsAn Open-Source Antikythera Mechanism: When the Antikythera Mechanism was first discovered, it wasn’t viewed as the wonder that we know it today. Originally the divers who found the device and the first scientists to …read more #hadtips https://t.co/6nu9ouqpq8 https://t.co/kCBxRoSwy4
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsReverse-Engineering Helps Typesetting Machine Punch Paper Tape Again: [Scott M. Baker] wants a paper tape punch for his retrocomputer collection. That’s fine with us, we don’t judge. In fact, these electromechanical peripherals from the past… #hadtips https://t.co/dU7YKtvwsB https://t.co/ePsYNmY0st
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Aug 17, 2023