Catégorie : Veille Technologique
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Generating fantasy maps
Generating fantasy maps Source : Generating fantasy maps
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Stick Balances Itself With Reaction Wheels
The inverted pendulum is a pretty classic dynamics problem and reaction wheels are cool. That’s why we like [Mike Rouleau]’s self-balancing stick. The video, viewable after the break, was fairly sparse on details, but he furnished some in the comments. The little black box on the top is a GY-521 Gyroscope module. It sends its data to an Arduino attached to…
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McDonald’s Japan captures its first profit in two years thanks to ‘Pokémon Go’
By teaming up with the new hot app Pokémon Go, McDonald’s Japan has managed to secure its first profit in two years, thanks to an increase in sales immediately following the launch of the game in the country. The post McDonald’s Japan captures its first profit in two years thanks to ‘Pokémon Go’ appeared first on Digital Trends. Source: <a…
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Skeletal « Fingerprints » with the Kinect v2
Mike Taulty, Coding4Fun Friend, has written up a great development post on the Kinect for Windows v2… Windows 8.1, WPF, Kinect for Windows V2 and (Not Quite) Skeletal Fingerprints This post is just to share some code that I wrote quite a while ago for fun. At Microsoft’s UK campus there are some corridors that have gates which allow people…
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Wear. SORT(ERA). Wash. Repeat…
Material: 6x SORTERA 37 Liter Box iPhone, Printer & Tape What do you get when you stack 6 SORTERA boxes? A nice way to sort your clothes before washing them. But what makes my version even better, is that I added a piece of paper on top of each lid. On that I printed a picture of the correct washing…
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Uh-oh! Crowdfunded social robot Jibo won’t now ship outside North America
Jibo, a cutesy social robot pitched to crowdfunders in mid 2014 as ‘the world’s first social robot’ but since delayed and yet to arrive in the market some nine months after its original due date, is now only going to ship to backers in the U.S. and Canada. Read More Source: <a href="Uh-oh! Crowdfunded social robot Jibo won’t now ship…
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Un paysage Donjons & Dragons saisissant de réalisme
A tous les adeptes de donjons & dragons, vous ne devez pas manquer de jeter un œil à au travail de ce fan. Il a déjà réalisé plusieurs mètres carrés de décors tirés des mythes de la licence et ne compte pas s’arrêter là. C’est à un certain Ryan Devoto que l’on doit ce plaisir pour […] Source: <a href="Un paysage…
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Google patent suggests using quadcopters for videoconferencing
Videoconferencing is frustrating, joyless, and tedious, but Google has somehow come up with a way to make it even worse: drones. As first spotted by Quartz, the search giant was this week awarded a patent for a « mobile telepresence » system using video cameras and screens fixed to quadcopters. The patent suggests the drones could be used for normal telepresence (letting someone…
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France gives green light on autonomous car trials
France has given the green light to autonomous car vendors that want to test cars on public roads, part of Francois Hollande’s government “New Industrial France” plan to rejuvenate industry in the country. The exact rules were not drawn up in the plan, but we assume manufacturers will be asked to register with the French government before testing an autonomous…
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Plotagraph Can Turn Any Single JPEG Into an Animated GIF
Plotagraph Pro is an incredible new photography tool that can take any still image and animate it into a beautiful looping GIF or video file. No need to shoot a video or capture multiple frames, a single JPEG is all this Web-app needs. Source : This Software Can Turn Any Single JPEG Into an Animated GIF
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