Philips Hue turned my lights into motion sensors. It’s magical, but imperfect

The new Philips Hue Bridge Pro can make your existing Hue lights motion-aware. It works, but not quite how I thought it would ...

Hobbyist builds lo-fi camera using a disassembled optical mouse

Dycus recently shared the mouse-turned-camera project on Reddit. He used the optical sensor (model ADNS-3090) from an old ...
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Let's build a TBot cartesian motion platform

I needed an XY motion platform for an upcoming project, and had some prior CAD work for a "T-Bot" parallel cartesian ...
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How tiny drones inspired by bats could save lives in dark and stormy conditions

Don't be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn't hosting a Halloween party.
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Insect-inspired computer model teaches AI to process sight and sound like humans

That work led to the Multisensory Correlation Detector (MCD), which could imitate human responses to simple audiovisual ...