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Hackit: Leap Motions new motion sensor60 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 1 week ago: The big news circulating this morning is of the Leap Motion sensor that will be hitting the market s … more →

Tags: kinect, leap

Cruncher: A robotic toy dinosaur dissection2 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 3 weeks ago: When my children got these interesting and very obnoxious toy dinosaurs last year, I could barely co … more →

Tags: Teardown, toy hacks, CRUNCHER

Need a Hand Drying Those Gloves?23 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 4 months ago: While being caught out in the rain skiing, [Andrew] was left with a pair of soaking wet gloves. Leav … more →

Tags: home hacks, Misc Hacks, copper pipe, Drier

Workbench overhead camera boom made from PVC9 comments

Mike Nathan wrote 7 months ago: It looks like [Dino] is getting settled into his new digs, and while the moving process has kept him … more →

Tags: digital cameras hacks, HOW TO?, workbench, pvc, camera boom

QR code key fob helps your lost keys find their way home51 comments

Mike Nathan wrote 7 months ago: Don’t you hate that feeling, the one you get when you have just realized that you have no clue where … more →

Tags: Smartphones, Keys, QR Code

QR code key fob helps your lost keys find their way home51 comments

Mike Nathan wrote 7 months ago: Don’t you hate that feeling, the one you get when you have just realized that you have no clue where … more →

Tags: Smartphones, Keys, QR Code

DIY Electron Accelerator21 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 9 months ago: Reader [Xellers] sent in his newest instructable: DIY Electron Accelerator: A Cathode Ray Tube in a … more →

Tags: Misc Hacks, High Voltage

Evalbot OS Set Free29 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 9 months ago: [Theo] tipped us off about something that every TI Evalbot owner may be interested in, the The manua … more →

Tags: evalbot

What would you put in a shipping container makerspace?51 comments

Mike Nathan wrote 9 months ago: Imagine that you have been asked to construct a portable shipping container workshop that will be se … more →

Tags: hackerspaces, lollipops

Is that a rom in your locket?30 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 10 months ago: [Andrew] recently ordered some lockets to bejewel them with some LEDs but got a bonus small locket f … more →

Tags: eeprom, locket

A big transformer, because it's cool!27 comments

Nick Schulze wrote 12 months ago: [Grenadier] Had some spare wire, electrical tape, and a giant ferrite core laying about and decided … more →

Tags: Misc Hacks, High Voltage, Flyback transformer, fryback

A Bright Idea43 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 1 year ago: [Jeri Ellsworth] had a bright idea – a brain-activated light bulb that floats above your head. … more →

Tags: led hacks, LEDs, opamp, jeri ellsworth, Brainwaves

Plastic Plate Capacitors11 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 1 year ago: We have been featuring some home made capacitors this week, and [Mike] wrote in to share his with us … more →

Tags: diy capacitors

[Phillip Torrone] pleads for companies to open source discontinued projects48 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: [PT] just published an editorial calling on manufactures to transfer knowledge about products they a … more →

Tags: Open-Source

Hacking Electronic Price Tags53 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 1 year ago: Something new is coming to a store near you: electronic price tags. [deadbird] decided to get one an … more →

Tags: E-Ink, electronic price tag

Seeed looks for help developing an open source radiation detector67 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: Seeed Studios, makers of the Seeeduino and fabricators of small-run PCB orders have put out a call t … more →

Tags: gieger counter, Radiation, seeed studios

Junkyard Jumbotron is begging to for an open source project clone16 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: Idle developers of the world take inspiration from this project and unite to create your own version … more →

Tags: Video Hacks, Display, Smart Phone, Web Browser, jumbtron

Free Energy is for fools?27 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 1 year ago: In her new element-14 video [Jeri Ellsworth] explains some  concepts about “free to you” energy and … more →

Tags: free energy, jeri ellsworth

Animated Paper8 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 1 year ago: What if you could make paper react on physical input. Maybe you want it to shy away and close up if … more →

Tags: Misc Hacks, duct tape, memory wire.


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