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Amputee Builds a Set of Incredibly Articulate Prosthetic Fingers All Powered by Wrist Movements
When Ian Davis was just 17-years-old, he built a myoelectric prosthetic arm and hand for a high school project. Almost 30 years later, he’s still using what he learned but for his own benefit now, after having four fingers on his left hand amputated in 2018. His prosthetic, designed and built all by himself, is…
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Build This Mini Star Trek TNG Computer To Make Yourself Feel Like You’re Far Away From Earth
Exploring the stars, thousands of light years away from Earth, sounds pretty great right about now. While Darian Johnson hasn’t invented intergalactic travel, he has created a tiny desktop computer that looks straight out of Jean-Luc Picard’s ready room, letting you at least pretend that you’re safely aboard a distant starship.
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Engineer Builds Auto-Adjusting Club That Compensates for Your Bad Golf Skills
If there’s one thing that the recent contraptions YouTuber and engineer Shane Wighton has designed and built has taught us, it’s that a lack of sports skills can be overcome with clever engineering. Following the creation of a basketball hoop that makes it impossible to miss a shot, Wighton has now created a self-adjusting golf club…
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Hacker Permanently Solves Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift With A Touchpad Upgrade
After shutting down its US-based repair centres over two months ago as a result of the pandemic, Nintendo is starting to reopen them again, which is good news for Switch owners still dealing with Joy-Con drift. Hacker Matteo Pisani came up with a different solution: a Switch without joysticks is a Switch that never experiences…