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July 15, 2014
Don’t Call it a Dumbwatch: The Spectacular Craftsmanship of Philippe Dufour
Why does the mechanical wristwatch persist when everyone's got a timekeeper in their pocket?
Sardonic Video Game Exhibition Explores Human-made Systems
If you like your video games with a healthy dose of existential crisis, then be sure to drop in to play the extraordinary video games currently exhibited in "Safety in Nebulous" at REVERSE in Brooklyn.
New Project: “Didn’t Wash Hands” Alarm
A simple alarm that will tell you (and everyone else in the room) whenever someone forgets to wash their hands.
Internet Connected Necktie with LEDs
Internet connected wearable devices are on the rise. Software writer and self-proclaimed tinkerer, Hector Urtubia has developed the first internet connected necktie. Using the platform Pinoccio along with Adafruit’s Flora RGB Smart Neopixel LEDs, Urtubia has created an entertaining and timeless piece of technology you can wear. Why Pinoccio? Urtubia […]
July 14, 2014
Maker Hangar 2: 04 – Flight Controller Boards
In this episode of Maker Hangar, I teach you about flight controller boards. You learn what they are and what they do in a multicopter. I also show you how to set up your tricopter with the Flip 1.5 Multi Wii Controller board. In the next episode, I will show you how to fly your tricopter, […]
A Working OLED Watch Built from Scratch
What do you do when you have a small spare organic LED display? If you’re computer engineering student Jared Sanson, you make a watch out of it, designing nearly every aspect of it from scratch. This design was started at the circuit level, and after that, a PCB was laid […]
An Interview With Becky Stern About Wearable Electronics
The illustrious Becky Stern has joined us for an interview about wearable electronics. As you know, Becky lives and breathes wearables so she has some incredible insight. If you’d like to find more of Becky, you should probably tune into her weakly show about wearable electronics! If you don’t want […]
First look at the new Raspberry Pi B+
Earlier today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a new board. Perhaps somewhat unexpectedly however, it's not a board to replace the current model B, but a B+ board, and it's what the model B should have been all along.
July 13, 2014
How-To: Make a Candy Dot Portrait
Part of taking a selfie is deciding how to manipulate the image before sharing it with the rest of the world. For artist Nathan Sharratt, this process may happen to include converting an image of himself to a halftone pattern and recreating it in candy dots.
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