In his seventies, Katsushika Hokusai created stunning wood block prints of supernatural tales in the series Hyaku Monogatari, diverging from his famous depictions of Japanese landscapes. These prints were inspired by the tradition of sharing terrifying stories involving vengeful ghosts and cannibals, culminating in the appearance of a spirit after a hundred candles were blown […]
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XPANCEO, a Dubai-based company, is creating smart contact lenses with AR capabilities and showcased prototypes at AWE. Founded by Roman Axelrod and Valentyn S Volkov, they aim to fulfill the dream of smart contact lenses after Mojo Vision shifted focus. The prototypes include an AR lens with holographic display, transparent electronics, data reading capabilities, and […]
Signal is a user-friendly music sequencer designed for cross-platform use with a focus on simplicity. It’s not meant to replace a DAW but serves as a complementary tool for quick music composition. The application prioritizes ease of use with intentional limitations on sound quality and effects to maintain a distraction-free environment. Created by @ryohey, Signal […]
The author shares a clever solution for capturing late-night ideas without disturbing others. By using Morse code and a Raspberry Pi Pico W, they built a device that listens for Morse code sequences before emailing the message to them. The use of technology and creative problem-solving make this an innovative way to record important thoughts […]
Bruno Latour, known for his philosophy, was from a wine-growing family in Burgundy where his parents intended him for the priesthood. Despite early claims of indifference to wine, he shared his family’s philosophy that wine is both natural and cultural, a choreography of human and non-human agents. He was also openly Catholic, attending church regularly, […]
Cash is a lightweight alternative to jQuery for modern browsers that offers similar syntax for DOM manipulation at a fraction of the file size. While it doesn’t aim for 100% feature parity with jQuery, Cash comes close and covers most day-to-day use cases. It boasts a significant reduction in size compared to jQuery Slim, making […]
The author discusses a cheap Chinese thermal camera purchased in late 2023, focusing on the flawed camera software and lack of information online. They use reverse engineering tools like JADX and Ghidra to analyze the app code and camera’s inner workings. They reveal concerning app permissions and fix issues with the camera’s image quality by […]
The iconic gremlins from the 1984 movie have evolved from mythical pests that plagued pilots during wartime, to modern-day tech quirks and glitches. Scholars suggest that the origin of the term “gremlin” can be traced back to Royal Naval Air Force slang in the 1920s. During World War II, gremlins gained celebrity status as creatures […]
The author recently finished creating Solitaire for the Nintendo E-Reader, fitting it onto a single card. The E-Reader is a Game Boy Advance peripheral released by Nintendo in 2002. The E-Reader can load mini-games, extra levels, animations, and more by scanning dot code strip cards. The author’s journey into making games for the E-Reader is […]
Justine mastered 42 programming languages to develop a syntax highlighter for llamafile. Surprising insights include tackling C’s trigraphs, Haskell’s nested comments, and Tcl’s use of quotes in identifiers. Notable expectations subverted are JavaScript’s regex syntax, and FORTH’s simplicity that stumps humans. Delving into COBOL and FORTRAN, one can envision an AI interpreter writing punch card […]