I love internet for crazy stuff like this! This guy u/Dycus built a Camera using an Optical Mouse - that's correct a computer mouse turned into a working camera. Features: - Sensor 30x30 pixels, 64 colors (ADNS-3090 if you wanna look it up) - Multiple shooting modes (single
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@1littlecoder Peak maker culture right here. 64 colors and a 'cowboy' mode? I'd take this over megapixels any day.
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@1littlecoder Honestly that would make for a pretty decent offline image/ object classifier if you slap some more compute into it
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@1littlecoder Peak DIY creativity! Turning an optical mouse into a camera with that ADNS-3090 sensor is the kind of hardware hack I love. Those shooting modes add serious fun to sensor experiments!
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too much macOS hype on timeline… instead, enjoy unboxing this mini-laptop specced with > Linux > 32GB RAM > AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX370 > ~7hr battery life > 2TB SSD > Ultra portable + touchscreen
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