Étiquette : cms

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Funny Pokémon Bookmarks

    La boutique en ligne MyBookmarks, imagine des marque-pages créatifs. Pour surfer sur la vague du succès de Pokémon Go, la créatrice à confectionné des marque-pages représentant les Pokémons les plus iconiques en modelant uniquement le bas de leur corps. On peut ainsi reconnaître Carapuce, Salamèche, Miaouss ou encore Pikachu. Source: <a href="Funny Pokémon Bookmarks« >TheOldReader

  • Pinterest starts expanding its visual search tools to video

     Video has generally been available — and is often shared — on Pinterest, but it hasn’t quite received the same treatment that the company’s traditional content has seen. Over the next few months, however, that will be changing. Pinterest is starting to test ways to get video running directly on its services, including building a native […]