Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: Pebble, Arduino, and More
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Linuxiac ☛ Google Releases Pebble Smartwatch Code as Open Source
Google breathes new life into Pebble watches with an OS source code release, giving developers the tools to continue this smartwatch journey.
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Digital Camera World ☛ This photographer rigged a waist-level viewfinder from cheap mirrors for US$10 – and he’s sharing how you can, too | Digital Camera World
One of my pet peeves with some compact cameras is that they often skip the viewfinder entirely. But one photographer and YouTuber decided to not only fix the missing viewfinder on his camera, but add retro style in the process. James Warner recently shared how he built a waist-level hot shoe viewfinder with about $10 worth of materials (about £8 / AU$16).
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Ruben Schade ☛ My Atari 1040STᴱ!
Remember when I waxed lyrical about the Atari ST last year, describing it as my favourite 16-bit computer series? Even leaving aside their unique technical capabilities and stunning industrial design, I said the ST machines had “so much home computer history soldered into their DNA that I can’t help read and write about them”.
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Arduino ☛ Displaying games on a 9x9x9 LED cube
Many modern video games may put your character inside of a virtual 3D environment, but you aren’t seeing that in three dimensions — your TV’s screen is only a 2D display, after all. 3D displays/glasses and VR goggles make it feel more like you’re in the 3D world, but it isn’t quite the same as you have no control over focus. What would gaming look like in true 3D? Greg Brault built this 9x9x9 LED cube as a video game display to find out.