My daughter and I are building a portable device to play the 1981 RPG computer game, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. We’re running it on a Raspberry Pi using a a DOS operating system emulator called DOSBox. Here’s what we’ve got so far:
Next, we have to design a case using TinkerCad, and then print it out on our Prusa 3D printer.
I’ve been looking for a small wireless keyboard and it looks like the one shown in the above photo will fit the bill. It’s on sale on Amazon for $10 if you use the promo code BQZZXVBB. It also has a trackpad, which is not needed for Wizardry but will come in handy when using the Raspberry Pi’s GUI.
This man made a functional kitchen — complete with cabinetry, stove, sink, running water, and refrigerator — in the back of his little electric car. “I learned that making a car kitchen is hard if you want it to actually look like a real kitchen,” he says. The best part is that the entire kitchen […]
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Maker collective Hackerloop modified a Nerf gun into a bionic prosthetic for their friend Nicolas Huchet. He fires the gun via EMG (electromyography) sensors that detect when he tenses his forearm muscles. “It all started with jokes about the fact that it was too easy for us to win over him in a nerf battle, […]
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Richard J. Ridel’s all-wooden, mechanical Turing machine uses the smallest set of data elements capable of computing any calculation: 0, 1 and blank; it was inspired by Ridel’s viewing of The Imitation Game.
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As more companies aim to reel in costs and boost productivity, project managers are becoming an essential part of many operations, and they’re paid handsomely for their expertise. But, while demand is high, you’ll have a hard time getting your foot in the door if you’re not toting the right certifications. The Official Lean Six Sigma […]
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Learning how to play the guitar is no easy feat, and plenty of aspiring rock stars wash out due to either lost interest or simply lousy teaching. The Jamstik+ aims to remedy both of these issues with a 21st-century approach. This smart guitar teaches you about chords, scales, and the like via an app on […]
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One of the main reasons why many of us invest in cloud storage is to back up the sensitive files and data that we’d rather not have saved on our computers. Of course, this strategy doesn’t hold much water if you’re using a cloud storage solution that doesn’t protect your information while it’s saved to […]