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Bob Ross “The Joy of Painting” Smartphone and Tablet Apps

Bob Ross “The Joy of Painting” Smartphone and Tablet Apps

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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I just thought you all should know that a Bob Ross app now exists for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

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Building a Braille Smartphone

Building a Braille Smartphone

By Anandghan Waghmare

Anandghan Waghmare

I am an innovator at heart and engineer by nature. My passion for technology drives me to design and build things. My projects in technology draws inspiration from music, photography, biology and a lot of things!

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I got an idea of building a smartphone for the blind that is completely Braille-based. With absolutely no hint of how to make it, I started working on it.

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Monitor the UV Index With UVindeSir

Monitor the UV Index With UVindeSir

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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I love the idea of modular sensors that can be plugged into a smartphone. Case in point, the UVindeSir, a tiny UV sensor that can be plugged into a smartphone’s headphone jack and returns the UV Index, temperature, as well as a SPF suggestion, and will remind you to put on some sun block. The […]

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Drop Tester for Smart Phone Protective Film

Drop Tester for Smart Phone Protective Film

By Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder

Mark Frauenfelder is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Make: magazine, and the founder of the popular Boing Boing blog.

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Have you seen this impressive video that shows what happens when you drop a steel ball onto a piece of Gorilla Glass 2 (used in the display of many smart phones, including the iPhone) with and without the protection of a clear polymer material called Rhino Shield? Rhino Shield was developed at  Evolutive Labs, a Cambridge […]

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Hand powered smartphone charger updated

Hand powered smartphone charger updated

By Adam Flaherty

Adam Flaherty

I make cool stuff and write about other people making cool stuff on makezine.com. If you have something you think I should see, send me a tip.

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Back in October 2010 Ben Heckendorn discovered that a hand-cranked LED flashlight had enough juice to recharge his smartphone. He recently revisited this idea on his show and updated the hack by adding a simple voltage regulating circuit using a Zener diode and a 100hm resister. He also added a USB port to plug in a microUSB recharging cable.

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