Best of 2017

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2017. 132 posts.

Hardware & Electronics
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3D scanning like a pro

Almost any sensor yields more interesting results if mounted on a moving platform. Remember scanning thermometer ? It’s time to mount TOF LIDAR (Time Of Flight / Light Imaging, Detection, And Ranging) on two precision rotary stages arranged for pan and tilt operation. Rig provides real-time position data along with…

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Skylake now GA on GCE

We’re pleased to announce several updates to Google Compute Engine that give you more powerful and flexible instances. Google Cloud is the first and only public cloud to deliver Intel’s next-generation Xeon server processor (codenamed Skylake), and starting today, it’s generally available (GA). In addition, we’ve made…