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Making color matched Perler bead art
You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently, Perler beads… more →
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Making color matched Perler bead art
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wrote 20 hours ago: You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into … more →
Kilonode: how to test a huge Xbee mesh network
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wrote 1 day ago: So let’s say that you’re a developer on the Xbee team. You need to test the extremes of … more →
Failed kayaking data logger is something we want to see succeed
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wrote 3 days ago: How can your love of hobby electronics and your participation in the Canadian National Kayaking Team … more →
WebKit on Chumby lets developers avoid Flash
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wrote 3 days ago: [Huan Truong] was looking for an Internet interface for one of his projects. In this case it’s … more →
Making capacitive touch sensors with pencil and paper
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wrote 5 days ago: There are few things more frustrating than being in the middle of working on a project and realizing … more →
[Adam Savage] giving a speech about the maker movement
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wrote 1 week ago: [Adam Savage] gives an interesting talk titled “why we make” at the Bay Area MakerFaire. … more →
The Engineer Guy explains how MEMS accelerometer chips work
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wrote 1 week ago: There’s a good chance that you use a MEMS accelerometer every single day. It’s the small … more →
Automatic capacitor charger lets you have fun with sparks
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wrote 1 week ago: [GranTotem] is delighted by the sparks put out when a capacitor is rapidly discharged. But he’ … more →
Prototyping an advanced inductive charger
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wrote 1 week ago: This is an advanced inductive charging system into which [David McIntosh] has put a lot of hard work … more →
Scavenging from consumer electronics to make a flame-powered phone charger
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wrote 2 weeks ago: [Gigafide] just finished building this flame-powered phone charger. The concept is not new. He grabb … more →
Brawndo Drinking Fountain - It's Got What Geeks Crave!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: If you’re tired of drinking mere water, like from the toilet, then you should definitely insta … more →
Tron costume fits nice and snug
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wrote 2 weeks ago: We’ve seen our fair share of Tron costumes and props, but much like [Sean-h] points out, they … more →
Building a sound reactive EL panel and learning something in the process
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wrote 2 weeks ago: We’ve seen a lot of builds using electroluminescent wire, usually in the realm of costumes and … more →
I build stuff too! Fire Cannon Edition
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wrote 2 weeks ago: After hanging around festivals and burners for a bit I decided that it was finally time to show my s … more →
Hacking magnets into your skin
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wrote 2 weeks ago: [Dave] loved his iPod nano so much that he implanted 4 magnets in his arm to hold it. Ok, go ahead a … more →
Wireless iPod charger built from scratch
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Despite the obvious use of a lot of wire, this project is actually a wireless charging system. [Jare … more →
You might be a geeky dad if: your kids practice spelling in Morse code
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Kids learn better if they’re engaged in the topic at hand. [Todd] found something that has his … more →
A Clockwork Useless Machine Prototype
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Most of us have seen the [Useless Machine] where a switch is flipped and a finger comes out to turn … more →
Retrotechtacular: The Blit has given me access to the power of multiprogramming!
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wrote 4 weeks ago: We normally try to be descriptive with our titles. But when that statement pops out of the narration … more →
