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Nickel-O-Matic printing robot

Nickel-O-Matic printing robot

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Via the Parallax site comes this project to build an automated wooden-nickel printing machine that’s sort of an homage to coin-op penny arcade machines. Nickel-O-Matic Robot

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HOW TO – Tuesday! Make an “Invisible ink printer”

HOW TO – Tuesday! Make an “Invisible ink printer”

By Phillip Torrone

Phillip Torrone

current: @adafruit - previous: MAKE, popular science, hackaday, engadget, fallon, braincraft ... howtoons, 2600...

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HOW TO – Tuesday! Make an “Invisible ink printer” – Take A New Twist On Lemon Juice. By Mike Golembewski Lemon juice has been used as invisible ink for centuries. Messages written in lemon juice are invisible to the naked eye. However, when brushed with a mix of iodine and water, they become quite visible. […]

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Printer Spying?

Luke Iseman

By Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman makes stuff, some of which works. He invites you to drive a bike for a living (dirtnailpedicab.com), stop killing your garden (growerbot.com), and live in an off-grid shipping container (boxouse.com).

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I can has subtle spying? Here’s an Instructable from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about tracking codes printers add to documents they print. Readers of Make learned about this back in volume 6; now, we’ve got a convenient video to send our friends: Here’s the link to learn more on EFF’s site.

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LEGO pin plotter

LEGO pin plotter

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Check out this nifty LEGO NXT printer, a “needle plotter” with a …er… prickable area of 90 x 70mm at 33 pricks per inch. NXT pin-plotter III [via Hack-a-Day]

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Epic HP printer take-apart

Epic HP printer take-apart

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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When I was writing my TiVo hacking book, my favorite part of the entire project was taking apart two TiVos (a series 1 and series 2) and trying to figure out what everything did. I tested components, poked around inside the code, did countless Google searches on chip manufacturers and parts numbers, looked up patents, […]

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