While reading through Charles Platt’s excellent book Make: Electronics, I came across this nice little circuit for making a gentle pulsing LED. I was struck by the “humanness” of the pulse, but couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Later I found a heart-shaped tag on some pants I had bought, and well, this […]
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I’m absentminded in general, but especially when it comes to the dishwasher. I can never remember whether the dishes are clean, whether the machine needs to be run, or emptied, or whatever. I needed a solution to this problem. My first thought was to hang a flippable sign on the door that said “clean” on […]
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The Trip-Cam is a trip-wire triggered spy- and security camera. Sweet!
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A little solar-powered racecar made from techno-junk.
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A little spinning top that looks like a satellite in orbit.
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Microcontroller night light illuminates meaty issues.
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This autonomous instrument uses Solarengine circuits and chimes.
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