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This is a Sony Watchman FD-2A that I hacked to receive a composite video feed from a Raspberry Pi Zero W, to use as a badge.

CRT Badge - Sony Watchman Hack

Cameron Coward
5.2K
How to make a Lightning Cloud

I really wanted to make a little cloud that would light up as though it was filled with lightning.

How to make a Lightning Cloud

Molly Nicholas
5.0K
AWS IoT and Beehives

Beekeeping and hive management provide an important use case for IoT in agriculture.

AWS IoT and Beehives

Dave Veith
8.0K
EjectABed V2

Eject your kids from bed. From Anywhere. Anytime.

EjectABed V2

Jamie Dixon
7.8K
PiDP-8: A PDP-8 Minicomputer on Raspberry Pi

Everyone wanted a PDP-8 minicomputer. Well, in 1968. Blinkenlights! Just boot the SD image on a Pi, and maybe add a front panel.

PiDP-8: A PDP-8 Minicomputer on Raspberry Pi

Oscar Vermeulen
9.7K
Custom Tattoo Machine Power Supply

A tattoo artist friend of mine and I were discussing some of the limitations of current tattoo power supplies. I custom built her one.

Custom Tattoo Machine Power Supply

Matt Reid
7.1K
The Wearaboard

A wearable breadboard for Pebble smartstraps development.

The Wearaboard

Thomas Sarlandie
3.0K
Programmable Scalp Massager

15 programmable vibration motors mounted on a EEG cap.

Programmable Scalp Massager

David Held
1.9K
Silicone Overmolded Vibrator – Balls Revisited

Building your own silicone molded vibrator becomes now easier.

Silicone Overmolded Vibrator – Balls Revisited

jacardano
1.8K
Control Theo Jansen's "Mini Rhinocéros" from Smartphone

Make Wind eating beast (Theo Jansen's beast "Mini Rhinocéros") controllable from smartphone vie Bluetooth Low Energy.

Control Theo Jansen's "Mini Rhinocéros" from Smartphone

Tatsuro Hokugo
955
Magic 8-Ball Inspired Answer Box

Ask a question, push the button and get an answer. If you don't like the answer, press it again.

Magic 8-Ball Inspired Answer Box

Harold Pulcher (Microsoft MVP)
734
NFC NFC NFC TAG You're It!

An NFC Tag Reader implementation for Particle Cloud devices

NFC NFC NFC TAG You're It!

John R McAlpine V Mac
435
Midbar (ESP8266 Version) V2.0

Midbar is my attempt to learn from the mistakes made by others (and later from my own mistakes) to make a better password vault.

Midbar (ESP8266 Version) V2.0

Maxim Bortnikov
206
Midbar V6.0

Midbar is my attempt to learn from the mistakes made by others (and later from my own mistakes) to make a better password vault.

Midbar V6.0

Maxim Bortnikov
107
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