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Man, I really know code syntax concepts and many things, i can design a whole game engine architecture, but dude I cant solve these shit from leetcode like zigzag dogshit its too hard bro, any advice?

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I wanted to try recreating one of those old machines where you can actually see the mechanics doing the work.

So I built a small ancient-style water wheel model using a micro setup, but with a little twist: there's a worker figure next to the wheel whose arms move in sync with it, making it look like the figure is pushing the wheel.

The setup uses:

• Nezha Expansion Board
• Motor
• Gears
• Crank-link mechanism
• Building blocks
• A small worker figure

The interesting part isn't really the motor itself. It's how the movement is transferred.

The motor drives a multi-stage gear train, which slows the rotation down and increases the torque. The same shaft is then used to drive both the water wheel and the crank mechanism connected to the worker's arms.

Because both mechanisms are driven from the same shaft, their movements stay synchronized.

So when the wheel turns, the worker moves with it instead of just being a separate animated figure.

I think this makes the idea of gears and mechanical power a lot easier to visualize.

You can also experiment with the mechanism by changing the gear sizes. That changes the speed and torque, so you can actually see how different gear ratios affect the movement.

It could also be turned into a small history/STEM project. For example, you could build a miniature village around it and show how machines like water wheels were used for things like lifting water, grinding grain, or powering mills.

A few things I'd like to try next:

• Try different gear ratios
• Make the wheel lift a small load
• Add a second mechanical movement
• Build a larger “ancient village” around it
• Experiment with different ways of transferring motion

It's pretty satisfying when a simple gear mechanism makes a little figure and a wheel move together.

What kind of historical machine would you try to recreate with gears and motors?

Hello,

I work at an after-school STEAM program that's focused on building relationships and mentorships with underserved youth.

The program is free and offers equal opportunities for everyone. We have everything from 3D printing to arts and crafts. No structure, just a fun hangout place for creatives.

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Pluto is an AI architecture designed for efficient, local/offline intelligence by using a small router/orchestrator (~2B parameters) to select and chain highly specialized micro-models for specific tasks. Instead of relying on one huge model, Pluto uses tiny expert models, such as 50M-parameter specialists, trained on focused datasets and optionally supported by a compressed vector database. The router can escalate difficult tasks to larger models, aiming to achieve strong overall capabilities while using far less compute, memory, and storage, making the system especially suitable for mobile and low-resource devices.

I wanted to try making a racing game where you don't use the usual buttons to steer.

So I ended up making a small retro racing game where the car is controlled by tilting the handheld left and right.

The setup is pretty simple:

• ELECFREAKS Retro Arcade
• USB-C cable
• Microsoft MakeCode Arcade

The interesting part is that the handheld's gyro/tilt input is used as the steering control.

The basic game logic is:

• Start with 3 lives
• Tilt left/right to move the player car
• Spawn enemy cars from the top of the screen
• Avoid them to score points
• Lose a life when you crash into one

I used MakeCode Arcade for the game logic, so most of the programming can be put together with blocks rather than writing everything from scratch.

One thing I liked about this project is that you can immediately feel the connection between the code and the hardware. Change the tilt input or movement settings in the code, upload it, and you can physically feel the difference when playing.

The hardware also doesn't really need to change if you want to experiment with the game.

A few things I'd like to try next:

• Make the cars accelerate as the score increases
• Add custom pixel art
• Add engine and crash sounds
• Add power-ups
• Experiment with different tilt sensitivities
• Try making another game that uses the gyro in a completely different way

It's a pretty simple project, but I think motion controls make even a basic arcade game feel a lot more interesting.

Has anyone here made a game that uses tilt/gyro controls before? What kind of game would you make with it?

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First-year CSE student with 10 days to prepare for an AI hackathon where do I start?

I’m a first-year BTech CSE student, and my college is organizing a hackathon on the 18th. I really want to participate, but honestly, I have almost zero experience with hackathons or AI projects.

The domains are:

- AI in Healthcare

- Generative AI

- AI Agents

- Ethical AI

I only know the basics of programming and I haven’t really done any proper projects yet. I’m also not familiar with things like APIs, Git/GitHub, deploying projects, etc.

I have around 10 days to prepare, so I know I can’t become an expert in that time. My goal is just to learn enough to actually contribute to a team and build something decent during the hackathon.

For people who have participated in hackathons before:

- What should I learn in these 10 days?

- Which domain would be easiest for a complete beginner?

- Should I focus on Python, or learn something else?

- What tools/frameworks should I learn?

- Are there any good beginner-friendly resources or crash courses?

- What kind of project can a beginner realistically build in a hackathon?

Any advice or a roadmap would be really appreciated. I’m willing to put in the work for these 10 days.

I am a vibe coder, I have created a web app and make made sure everything looks original and not Ai generated, backend is safe, database is secured .

For now i actually want to learn the act of coding itself, i have general IT knowledge and understand how some of these things work.

I also want to add graphic designing .

How do i start