Off topic fun

April Fools’ Day

April Fools’ Day (April 1st) is now here. If you need ideas for practical jokes, check my postings Prank Ideas For April Fools’ Day and April Fools Pranks and Gadgets. Check also other idea from Practical Jokes section. Happy April Fools’ Day – don’t believe everything that you hear and read. →

Make music in your browser

Nowadays you can make music on on your browser – even if you can’t really play real instruments. I have earlier written about Patatap, and here are some new finding on this field: ACID MACHINE BETA is a in-browser tool (uses HTML5 “magic”) that emulates Roland’s TB-303 bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer. It brings the →

Friday Fun: Amazing Vectorscope Animations

Nerdalert: German TV Producers’ Amazing Vectorscope Animations article tells that German weekend late-night comedy show “Neo Magazin Royale” has a bunch of super-nerds behind the screens in the production studio. This is apparently what they do when they’re (not) working: making test screens that render as multiple animations on their test equipment. While others out →

Friday Fun: Dancing Paper

Origami Busts a Move with Dancing Paper. What is cooler than Origami cranes? Origami cranes dancing to the beat. Under the plastic surface are a series of individually controlled electromagnets. The actual dance moves are controlled by C running on Atmel microcontroller.   →

Renesas MCU Car Rally 2015

Here are some interesting robotics video for this Friday. Renesas MCU Car Rally 2015 video tells about 1st European Renesas MCU Car Rally held on 26th February at embedded world 2015 in Nuremberg. It is a competition between 17 teams comprising some 100 university students from all over Europe who come together to test their →