Technology

Phone alarm dialer

Phone alarm dialer

Alan writes – Just hook this Alarm Phone Dialer up to something you would like to monitor, for example, a high water alarm, low temperature alarm, back window, garage door, etc. When the system is activated it will call a number of programmed numbers to let you know the alarm has been activated. This would […]

Health Hacks at Ignite Seattle

Health Hacks at Ignite Seattle

Brady wrote to announce details on the next Ignite Seattle event, scheduled for April 5. With just a few sessions announced, Candace McNaughton’s Health Hacks should be of interest to Hackszine readers: Natural medicine quick fixes. Eight simple solves for common issues. Candace McNaughton is a naturopath who specializes in diabetes and practices in Capitol […]

Sustainable: Robot sound installation

Sustainable: Robot sound installation

Sustainable: a dynamic robotic sound installation by David Birchfield, David Lorig, Kelly Phillips – Sustainable is comprised of a network of robot water gongs that are linked together by water tubes that allow each tank to receive water from one upstream neighbor, and to pump water into one downstream neighbor. The network is a closed […]

luscious electric delight

luscious electric delight

Jeez, this is a really beautiful LED project, source and schematics included – We set out to harness the power of the LED. As a single discrete element, the LED is a simple binary indicator. By grouping many LEDs together, like pixels, more and more information can be conveyed. The trick is to find the […]