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Create your own smart heater for $15
Just in time for winter, this Maker added smart temperature control to his infrared heater. The IoT refers to the idea that things, in this case an infrared heater, can be connected to the Internet....
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It’s not every day that you see a robot sink a hole-in-one
Move over, Tiger! In 1997, Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods aced the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. Now almost 20 years later, a robot named after him sank the exact same shot. You heard that correctly: a...
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17 smart crowdfunding campaigns you may want to back this week
Every Friday, we take a look at some of the smartest, most innovative projects that caught our attention on Kickstarter and Indiegogo over the last seven days. LoPy This IoT dev platform combines...
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Alright, so you may not find this lipstick robot inside a Sephora anytime soon
Let’s just be glad it wasn’t eyeliner. A robotic arm can wake Simone Giertz up, brush her teeth, feed her breakfast, and now, it can even put on her lipstick before a night on the town… well, sort of....
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Take a trip down ‘Memory Lane’ with this artistic project
A mind-blowing series of sculptures and audio-visual works by Félix Luque Sánchez and Iñigo Bilbao. According to its creators Félix Luque Sánchez and Iñigo Bilbao, Memory Lane “consists of a series of...
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This machine can solve the Rubik’s Cube in just 0.887 seconds
And you thought you were fast… With their eyes set on the world record, Jay Flatland and Paul Rose last month unveiled an automated machine capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube in 0.9 seconds. However,...
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This Arduino-powered machine turns tweets into cocktails
Who knew you could get drunk on data? You’ve most likely read a tweet, you’ve probably even heard a tweet aloud, but chances are you’ve never tasted a tweet. But that may all soon change, because...
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Maker gives his dad remote-controlled eyebrows
This project will raise some brows… When you have a pair of formidable eyebrows like Alec Smecher’s father, it can probably get a bit tiring always having to raise them by yourself. What if there was...
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The world’s tiniest RGB LED cube
This 4x4x4 cube measures only 2cm on each side. If you read Atmel’s blog, chances are that you’ve seen a programmable LED cube. Given the amount of soldering involved, adequate space between each...
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19 smart crowdfunding campaigns you may want to back this week
Every Friday, we take a look at some of the smartest, most innovative projects that caught our attention on Kickstarter and Indiegogo over the last seven days. Pagaré NFC Payment Smartstraps This...
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This coat is heated by an Arduino
Odisseo is the winter jacket you wish you had… A blast of bitter cold arctic air has brought the coldest temperatures in decades to some cities throughout the Northeast. As wind chills dip well below...
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Mirrored pyramid creates mirages in the desert
Changes in the temperature and light cause this tower’s nine tiers to morph. As reported on WIRED, “For a few days in October, a ziggurat of mirrored boxes stood in Dasht-e Kavir, a desert in central...
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Turn your room into a night club with these sound-reactive lights
This Maker installed 12 meters of FLORA-driven NeoPixels to his apartment for a lighting system like no other. If you’re having a hard time deciding on which of the excellent (?) candidates to vote...
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T8 is the world’s first wearable instrument that records, performs and...
Designed for musicians, DJs and live performers, Remidi’s wearable MIDI controller that turns your hand into a whole new type of instrument. Tapping your fingers to the rhythm of your favorite songs...
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Coolest dorm room of all-time?
Inspired by Derek Low’s Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm, one undergrad at Rice University decided to add some smarts to his room as well. During his freshman year at UC Berkeley, which as you...
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Robot turns musicians into three-armed drummers
Georgia Tech researchers have created a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play with three arms. Georgia Tech researchers have created a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play...
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This automated typewriter takes dictation
See what happens when a Maker adds voice recognition to her old Smith Corona. Long before the days of laptops and tablets, there existed a thing called “the typewriter” much like the Smith Corona...
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The Vega+ puts a ZX Spectrum and 1,000 licensed games in your pocket
The iconic ‘80s gaming console is being reborn as a handheld device. If you grew up in the ‘80s, you’re going to love this news: Sir Clive Sinclair and Retro Computers are bringing the powers of the...
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21 smart crowdfunding campaigns you may want to back this week
Every Friday, we take a look at some of the smartest, most innovative projects that caught our attention on Kickstarter and Indiegogo over the last seven days. Rook This is the world’s first in-home...
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Build your own 3D-printed Halo energy sword
This Halo replica features Bluetooth-controlled NeoPixels. If you’re a fan of Halo, at some point you’ve probably thought that having an energy sword would be a good idea. For better or worse, you...
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