Year: 2011

YouTube + Microwave = ฮผWave

A group of students competing in PennApps Data Hackathon created a microwave which plays a popular YouTube video that is the length of the time youโ€™ve entered for your food to heat up. They call it the ฮผWave and their hack won them first prize in the competition. Not only does the microwave entertain you while your left over chicken fried rice is reheating, but it also texts you when your food is done and tweets about when you use it. They used an Arduino to read the amount of time on the microwaveโ€™s 7-segment display and to communicate that information to a web server with Ruby on Rails.

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Copper Rain Chain

We’re getting a bit of autumn rain today, which must be what led me to find this copper rain chain. Instructables member Tool Using Animal has a nice tutorial for making your own using copper tubing to form the rings of the chain. In Japan, rain chains (kusari doi) are a common alternative to a […]

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LED Hand Turkey Sweater

Jessica of geekcr3d takes the iconic hand turkey to a whole new level with this LED hand turkey sweater. As a kid, I loved making decorations for the Thanksgiving table. I thought whoever came up with the idea that your hand could be traced and transformed into a turkey was a genius. I made hand […]

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Stop Internet Blacklist Legislation

Stop Internet Blacklist Legislation

We (MAKE) rarely post anything political here and we try to keep the comments non-polarizing when these topics come up – everyone is here to learn, make, share and have fun. However, I personally felt the need to get the word out about SOPA. Please feel free to discuss this the comments, the smart community here has a lot to add to this we’re sure! I’ll be in the comments to keep us all on topic, let’s be cool and productive about solutions :)

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