Android

Make time lapse videos easily

Stop motion and time lapse techniques are used to make many interesting videos in YouTube, for example many cool LEGO videos. I was thinking how hard it would be to make such your own video? Time-lapse photography is a technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower →

Orange is the New ($15) Pi

Hackaday is writing that  Orange is the New ($15) Pi. And I must say that it looks promising. It looks like the very cheap Raspberry Pi like single board computer. Originally, the board cost about $30 but sports WiFi, a 1.6 GHz processor, 8 GB of flash, and a SATA interface. There’s now a reduced →

Resistor reading apps

If you are a long time hacker, you might remember all resistor color codes so well that you have no problem in reading them without thinking to much. For other there are those resistor color code tables and calculators. But could this task be automated? Maybe with mobile phone? Reading Resistors With OpenCV posting mentions →

OBD2 Bluetooth adapter

Modern car has network of distributed sensors and controllers. If you know how to connect to this network, you can get lots of information how the car works. On-board diagnostics (OBD) is an automotive term referring to a vehicle’s self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or repair technician access to the →

Uses for broken Android tablet

Modern smart phones and tables has big glass screens that broke easily. You might have some broken smart phones and/or tablets that might not be worth of screen repair. But would here be still some use for this kind of damaged device? And if there is, then how the tablet could be used when the →