A free app lets Sony headphones do head tracking for racing and flight sims

Head tracking, often used to enhance awareness in driving and flying games, traditionally requires extra IR tracking hardware ...
Hackaday

Hack Improves Cheap Speed Controllers

Tony Goacher] has worked with a lot of cheap brushless DC motor controllers built in China. They can be very cost-effective, ...
IEEE

Modelling and Simulation of GPS-Assisted Underground Cable Fault Detection Based on Traveling Waves and Artificial Neural Networks

Abstract: This paper presents a GPS-aided fault detection system specifically designed for underground and marine HighVoltage (HV) cables, addressing the significant challenges posed by their ...
USA Today

Google has a free flight simulator you can pilot

Google is giving you a free flight – with its new flight simulator app. The tech giant has added a free-to-play flight simulator within its Google Earth map software. What's so special about the ...
Ars Technica

F1 teams spend millions on their simulators—what makes them different?

Among the ways Formula 1 has changed in the 21st century has been its adoption of driver-in-the-loop simulators. It all started in the early 2000s, probably at McLaren, maybe at Toyota or Ferrari; F1 ...