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Very cool design from Thingiverse user msruggles, printed as shown above by user Linkreincarnate, who reports some reification issues with the model requiring hand finishing. Gonna keep an eye on this as it develops.
And we’re back with our eighteenth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. DanYHKim reminded us that junk can be a useful Tool for Creativity: Well, I really mean ‘junk’. That is, junk is the stuff you can’t figure out what to […]
Discover the inner workings of a mortise and cylinder lock, first developed by the Egyptians over 4000 years ago, with the Beginners lock-picking blend set by TOOOL.
DXF files freely available from Thingiverse user freakinhuge. Been thinking about designing one kinda like this myself, but with a release trigger.
Yus of ProjectPronto built this excellent looking oscilloscope attachment for Android. Using a dsPIC microcontroller, he designed device capable of capturing two channels of data at 2MSps
In an attempt to create more privacy inside, I’ve decided to install a small but smart curtain in that window. The curtain is smaller than the window, but an additional surveillance camera and an old laptop provide it with intelligence: The computer sees the pedestrians and locates them. With a motor attached, it positions the curtain exactly where the pedestrians are.
