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Boston Arduino Users Group Meeting

Meredith sends word for Boston area Arduiniacs – Willoughby and Baltic is hosting the first Boston Arduino Users Group meeting this Satuday, April 19th @ 2:30. The Boston Arduino Users Group is the brainchild of Arduino developer David Mellis, and is free and open to the public. Bring your latest Arduino project and meet other […]

MAKE on TV

QUEST TV wrote in to let us know they’ll be airing a segment on the tabletop biosphere project from MAKE volume 10. The story will air Tuesday at 7:30 pm on KQED 9 & KQED HD on Comcast 709 – you can also view it online @ QUEST’s website. Related: Make a Tabletop Biosphere – […]

4-in-1 retro console

What happens when 4 classic consoles are bombarded with gamma rays? – perhaps the Super Genintari gives us some clue – This 4-in-1 Atari 2600/NES/Genesis/Super NES combo system actually began its life sometime circa early 2002, and at the time it only consisted of a Sega Genesis/32X and Super NES. Soon after accidentally destroying the […]

DIY Magic Shell Recipe

In a move that will surely rock the junk food world to its very foundations (or at the very least, will excite my husband to no end), the Brownie Points blog has posted a recipe for making your very own Magic Shell ice cream topping. You know, the “chocolate” sauce that hardens up to make […]