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Monthly Archives: May 2021
One Inkscape Plugin Collection To Rule Them All
Inkscape is an amazing piece of open source software, a vector graphics application that’s a million times more lightweight than comparable commercial offerings while coming in at the low, low price of free. The software also has plenty of extensions … Continue reading
SpyraTwo Water Gun
| Buy Sprya’s claims that its latest water gun is the world’s strongest. It uses an automatic pump that blasts out “water bullets”, instantly soaking your opponents. Its firing range is 30 to 46 feet depending on mode and firing angle, … Continue reading
Building an Automated NOAA and Meteor Weather Satellite Image Collector with RTL-SDR
Over on his YouTube channel saveitforparts has uploaded a video showing how he has built an automated weather satellite image collector for the NOAA APT and Meteor M2 LRPT satellites. The video shows a time lapse of him building a … Continue reading
Lithophane Lamp Has Us Over The Moon
Lithophanes are artistic creations which rely on the varying thickness of a material that is then backlit to reveal an image. While these were often made in porcelain in the past, these days we have the benefit of 3D printing … Continue reading
3D Printed Earth Clock Is Cute Replica of Our Delicate Planet
Plenty of clocks around us are useful for telling us the precise hour, minute, and second of the day. However, few can give us an intuitive sense of how far away we are from the enveloping cloak of night. This … Continue reading
Paint It, Black: Bardcore Edition
Link Constantine Bard presents a sweeping medieval-style cover version of The Rolling Stones’ 1966 hit song Paint It, Black. While we love how the original adds so much depth with Brian Jones’ sitar playing, this version feels even more epic … Continue reading
Listen to 1000’s of Radio Stations Around the World, Free
Have you ever wanted to listen to a radio station from another state or country? Maybe you want some different music, or to listen to different talk radio? Perhaps you were traveling and heard a radio station you liked in … Continue reading
Decoding Multiple Pager Transmissions Simultaneously with GNU Radio
A few weeks ago we posted about "LikWidChz"’s work on using GNU Radio to channelize multiple NRSC-5 HD-Radio transmissions for simultaneous decoding with GNU Radio and an RTL-SDR. He has now also submitted a way to channelize pager traffic. He … Continue reading
Exploring 433 MHz Devices in the Neighborhood with RTL-SDR and rtl_433
Over on his YouTube channel CWNE88 has posted how he has been using and RTL-SDR with the rtl_433 software to explore the data coming in from various 433 MHz ISM band devices in his neighborhood. In the video he explains … Continue reading
Terminal Magic With Notcurses
Writing a command line program that needs a little more pizzaz? Ncurses just not colorful or high res enough? Or maybe you want to bring the demo scene to the command line. Notcurses has your back. The demo is great, … Continue reading