After three rounds of modifications; replacing the fan, adding a Fresnel lens, and fitting a carbon filter; the Mars 3 had become a pretty capable little machine. But I still had to walk over to it every time I wanted to check on a print. That bothered me more than it should have. The fix […]
Every Intel NUC, every media center PC, every set-top box sitting behind a TV — they all have an infrared receiver. A tiny sensor waiting for a signal from a remote control that, in most cases, nobody ever uses. I looked at that receiver and thought: what if it could do something actually useful? That […]
Some projects start as polished products. Others begin as practical tools built to solve one annoying problem. iTunesLyrics belongs in the second category, and that is exactly what makes it special. At its core, iTunesLyrics is a Windows desktop app designed to fill in missing lyrics for songs in your local iTunes library. Behind that […]
Remote 3D printing monitoring has become essential for anyone running prints that take hours or even days. Prusa Research recognized this need and developed Prusa Connect, a cloud platform that allows you to monitor and control your 3D printer from anywhere. The platform supports camera integration out of the box, but the options are somewhat […]