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Hands-On Gifts For Hackers, Makers And The DIY Obsessed
5:00AM Phil Torrone | Hi there, I’m Phil. I live in an electronics factory and regularly need to pluck microcontrollers out of my feet when walking around barefoot. I thought I could bring some of that joy to you in a gift guide. More »
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Take A Virtual Tour Through Google Street View On A Stationary Bike
10:20AM Sean Fallon | Using a Vuzix headset, a laptop, Arduino and a bike sensor, Aki Mimoto was able to rig up his wife’s stationary bike to transport himself through a virtual Google Street View environment. More »
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MIT Media Lab: Electronic Wallpaper, Conductive Threads And More
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Diana Eng, who you might remember as Project Runway’s premiere nerd designer, took a look at MIT’s Media Lab and found some pretty cool stuff, mostly run off of Arduino microcontrollers. Check it out. More »
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Make Your Own Secret Knock-Detecting Door Lock
3:00AM Sean Fallon | Hideouts can’t be protected with a simple lock and key; those jobs require passwords or secret knocks. For the latter, you can go the extra mile and build a knock detector using a few basic pieces of equipment. More »
GPS
GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
1:59AM Adam Frucci | This box is a GPS puzzle build as a wedding gift by Mikal Hart. It only opens when it’s in a specific location, and the puzzle involves discovering just where that location is. More »
Robots
Wii Nunchuk-Controlled Robotic Tail Is For Furry Fetishists
2:10AM Danny Allen | Regular Giz readers will have seen countless crazy homebrew inventions powered by the DIY Arduino platform — but this could be the strangest yet. How about a robotic tail that’s controlled by RFID “mood cards”, or a Wii Nunchuk? Yep. More »
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What In The Hell Is This Thing? A Skateboard Etch-A-Sketch?
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | MAKE calls this a huge XY table. Crunchgear thinks it’s kind of a mouse-controlled Etch-A-Sketch. All I know is, it uses a mouse, three skateboards and an Arduino microcontroller. But for what purpose? More »
Robots
Snoozy the Sloth Is a
1:35PM Dan Nosowitz | Parsons student Justin Blinder created the Arduino-based Snoozy the Sloth stuffed animal as “an intimate, yet passive, toy interaction that relaxes and comforts a user.” Cuddly, or creepy?
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Snoozy the Sloth Is a Creepy Comforting Stuffed Animal That Really Breathes
1:35PM Dan Nosowitz | Parsons student Justin Blinder created the Arduino-based Snoozy the Sloth stuffed animal as “an intimate, yet passive, toy interaction that relaxes and comforts a user.” Cuddly, or creepy?
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