Month: February 2011

Hacked Clock Radio for Art Exhibition

Michael Colombo writes: Recently I completed a hardware hacking gig for the French street artist Zevs. He wanted to take an old school Sony Dream Machine clock radio and enable it to play “Hip to be Square” by Huey Lewis and the News at a greatly reduced speed. The piece premiered along with several other […]

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How-To: Sparkle LED Tutu

Lynne Bruning writes shows you how to whip up this sparkly LED tutu on Instructables.

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Prospero, a Robotic Farmer

Prospero, a Robotic Farmer

Dave wrote in with his intriguing agriculture robot. Are a swarm of robots like this the future of farming? Prospero is the working prototype of an Autonomous Micro Planter (AMP) that uses a combination of swarm and game theory and is the first of four steps. It is meant to be deployed as a group […]

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Time Lapse Amigurumi

Make a stitch, take a picture, repeat! A tremendous amount of work must have been involved to bring you this delightful stop-motion construction of an amigurumi friend.

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Meet the DIY iPod Case Sony Killed: The RetroPod…

Meet the DIY iPod Case Sony Killed: The RetroPod…

A follow up to “Sony’s War on Makers, Hackers, and Innovators” which is now making the rounds around the web and getting some great comments/discussions on the article (join in here). I outlined seven examples of Sony punishing makers, hackers, and innovators, but saved the best one for its own post. Meet the 8th wonder […]

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