How this Japanese DJ living with ALS keeps the beat alive

Tokyo’s Masatane Muto refuses to let ALS silence him. With eye-tracking keyboards, brainwave drones, and AI to recreate his ...
Hackaday

ESP32 Keeps Tabs On Your Local Airspace

Radar, this project from [Mateusz Juszczyk] isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round LCD this desktop gadget does ...
Hackaday

An Analog Synth For The Modern World

We cover so many projects here at Hackaday that lead the author down a rabbit hole of technological investigation that distracts us from the task of bringing them to you. Such a project is ...

Ray Neo AR Glasses Connect to DJI Remotes for Glare-Free Flights

Connect DJI AR glasses to your RC2 controller via USB-C to project the drone feed onto a virtual screen and eliminate outdoor ...
IEEE

Stepper Motor Position Control Using PD and MPC Algorithms Embedded in Programmable Logic Controller

Abstract: This research studies the implementation of Proportional-Derivative (PD) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) approaches embedded in an industrial Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to ...

Track Room Occupancy Without Cameras Using ESP32 Wi-Fi Drops

Learn how to repurpose your spare ESP32 boards into cost-effective presence detection sensors using the Tommy Sense ...

Got a spare PC? How I turned mine into an open-source smart home hub for free

Smart homes make sense. The devices that bring a certain level of automation to your home are exciting, and they can also ...
IEEE

Comparison of Tuning Techniques for PID Controllers in Mobile Robots Using the Empirical Method and the Firefly Metaheuristic Algorithm

Abstract: Trajectory tracking remains a fundamental chal-lenge in mobile robotics, particularly for non-holonomic differential-drive robots such as those used in the IEEE Very Small Size Soccer (VSSS) ...