RGB LEDs are awesome – especially the new, fancy ones with the WS2812 RGB LED driver. These LEDs can be individually controlled to display red, green, and blue, but interfacing them with a microcontroller or computer. To test controlling WS2812 RGB LEDs I bought a cheap addressable LED strip. An addressable RGB LED strip is →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/video-friday-marty-the-robot-dancing-with-drones-deep-learning-for-cars Nice collection of robot videos. That Marty robot looked nice. →
http://interestingengineering.com/germany-banning-vehicle-emissions-2030/ No new gasoline engines in cars after 2030. →
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/18/google-image-recognition-neural-network-androids-dream-electric-sheep Google’s AI neutral networks make very interesting looking images. →
Latest-generation drones now cost around $1,000, if not more. Or how about … $10? Seriously! Teardown: A tiny drone and its controller article tells about Cheerson CX-10 Quadcopter that can be picked for around $10. I picked one at slightly higher price (around €15) from Banggood or DX, to get the idea of today’s drones. I →
Some fun for this Friday: If coding language were an essay… on 9GAG http://m.9gag.com/gag/aWZXKyx →
Mobile apps boom was clearly started by Phone introduced 2007 (there were some attempts earlier but they were not hat successful). The mobile app boom kicked off in July 2008, when Apple introduced the App Store. Not it seems that the interest in apps seems to be fading. Recode article The app boom is over →
http://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-with.html Most modern x86 CPUs have a separate management processor in them, and it can potentially damage your system security. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/study-you-will-love-your-robot-more-if-you-assemble-it-yourself?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook There is IKEA effect also in robotics. →
http://www.open-electronics.org/axiom-beta-uhd-raw-workflow-explained-apertus-open-source-cinema/?utm_content=buffer3fe16&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Interesting article on open source 4K camera. →