from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsHackaday Links: August 18, 2024: They’re back! The San Francisco autonomous vehicle hijinks, that is, as Waymo’s fleet of driverless cars recently took up the fun new hobby of honking their horns in the wee …read more https://t.co/CNFoKkLfFS #hadtips https://t.co/lGuVKe0oxD
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors2024 Tiny Games Contest: Coming At Ya with Zero-Dimensional PONG: A decade is a long time to carry around a project idea in your head. Fortunately, the Tiny Games Contest happens to coincide with [senily64dx]’s getting back into ATMega… https://t.co/KY8I0N5kml #hadtips https://t.co/NJyPViqCSa
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 24, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsMeta Doesn’t Allow Camera Access on VR Headsets, So Here’s a Workaround: The cameras at the front of Meta’s Quest VR headsets are off-limits to developers, but developer [Michael Gschwandtner] created a workaround (Linkedin post) and shared… https://t.co/fsVedFIHvK #hadtips https://t.co/j0zZDn4La2
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 24, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsRetrotechtacular: Powerline Sagging and Stringing in the 1950s: While high-voltage transmission lines are probably the most visible components of the electrical grid, they’re certainly among the least appreciated. They go largely unnoticed by… https://t.co/IefUSOMuzo #hadtips https://t.co/evIatLVcC1
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 24, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsOlympic Sprint Decided By 40,000 FPS Photo Finish: Advanced technology played a crucial role in determining the winner of the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In a historically close race, American sprinter Noah Lyles narrowly… https://t.co/QeLXTL0bp6 #hadtips https://t.co/fmG1MKB1Oa
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 24, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisors2024 Tiny Games Challenge: It’s 2048, But with LEDs: Remember the game 2048? You slide numbered tiles around on a grid, combining them until you have one tile with a value of 2048 (although it’s possible to go higher). …read more https://t.co/O6C53T6tmv #hadtips https://t.co/QLwhj0emyp
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 23, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsYour Data in the Cloud: I try not to go off on security rants in the newsletter, but this week I’m unable to hold back. An apparent breach of a data aggregator has resulted in …read more https://t.co/Rm5fOwlyIP #hadtips https://t.co/n8NGtNoh8K
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsCanadarm2 Scores Milestone With Catching Its 50th Spacecraft: ” data-medium-file=”https://t.co/HpBu2CnSvA” data-large-file=”https://t.co/Eo11WkGTvW” tabindex=”0″ role=”button” />Recently Canada’s Canadarm2 caught its 50th spacecraft in the form… https://t.co/3pWw478qON #hadtips https://t.co/1ltHwq6XS8
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 23, 2024
from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsFighting the Scourge of “Screwdriver Mange”: We’ve all got our favorite hand tools, and while the selection criteria are usually pretty subjective, it usually boils down to a combination of looks and feel. In our opinion, …read more https://t.co/TwoPBWCZ3W #hadtips https://t.co/O8PiMCYC3m
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from http://twitter.com/360TechAdvisorsLunar Lander Game Asks You to Write a Simple Autopilot: Everyone likes a good lunar landing simulator, and [Dominic Doty] wrote a fun take on the idea: your goal is to write an autopilot controller to manage the landing. Try …read more https://t.co/aofWOaROvH #hadtips https://t.co/A3u2MZQ0hB
— 360TA (@360TechAdvisors) Sep 22, 2024