Feb 25
In lieu of guitars, drums, and a band, Tristan Shone built himself an array of arduino-powered machines to perform his special brand and doom metal. Now the engineer and one-man band known as Author & Punisher has added a trio …
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Jan 22
If your knowledge of engineering stops with putting batteries in a TV remote, you might try fiddling around with a littleBits kit for a day.
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Dec 20
You don’t need to completely rewire your home to make it future-friendly. This holiday season, you can buy plenty of plug-and-play devices that will automate and app-control your house, and most of them cost $300 or less.
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Dec 10
The lowly, hand-cranked, stovetop Whirley Pop popcorn maker can be hacked into a bare-bones coffee roaster. Here’s how.
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Dec 04
Make it easy on your family this holiday season. Send them clean, shortened Amazon links, and remove any ambiguity from your gift requests.
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Nov 19
“Rooting” your smartphone — essentially installing a new operating system on it — is one way to eliminate bloatware and speed things up. Now there’s a fast and easy way to do it with Cyanogenmod.
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Nov 15
The Nimbus personal dashboard is made up of four gauges that would look at home on the dash of a 1970’s muscle car. But instead of reporting on the oil pressure, alternator output, and current temperature of your cooling system, …
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Nov 13
Doorbot, a new camera/doorbell, will notify your smartphone when your doorbell rings — even if you’re miles away — so you can let the UPS guy inside or tell him it’s okay to leave at your step.
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Nov 02
Like it or not, the holidays are upon us. That means all the stress and associated horribleness of shopping is also here. Luckily, you can tame your shopping list and save a few bucks in the process.
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Oct 27
YouTube can teach you how to do really useful stuff, sure, but screw all that. This guy makes frickin’ lasers.
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