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Home automation with high usefulness and low annoyance tends to rely on reliable person sensing, and [francescopace]’s ESPectre shows one way to do that cheaply and easily by leveraging hardware …read more Continue reading Make Your Own ESP32-Based Person Sensor, No Special Hardware Needed
3D scanners rely on being able to identify physical features of an object, and line up what it saw a moment ago with what it sees now in order to build …read more Continue reading DIY Magnetic Markers Help 3D Scan Tricky Objects
Syringes are pretty ergonomic, but when manually dispensing flux and solder paste it doesn’t take long before one wants a better way. [Elektroarzt]’s flux and solder paste dispenser design uses …read more Continue reading Flux and Solder Paster Dispenser Looks Good While Doing It
Hardware hackers tend to have loads of hookup wire, and that led [firstgizmo] to design a 3D printable wire and cable spool storage system. As a bonus, it’s Gridfinity-compatible! There …read more Continue reading Print Your Own Standardized Wire Spool Storage
What can one expect from 3D printing an 8″ Newtonian telescope? [Molly Wakeling] shares her thoughts after doing exactly that. The performance was on par with any solid 8″ telescope, …read more Continue reading 3D Printing a Telescope is Rewarding, Even if Not Always Cheaper
LED bezels (also known as LED panel-mount holders) are great, so how about 3D printing the next ones you need? Sure, they’re inexpensive to purchase and not exactly uncommon. But …read more Continue reading Print Your Next LED Bezel
Not every impulsive purchase on eBay leads to possession of a wooden Dalek, but when a friend did exactly that, [Tony Goacher] did his part to turn ‘Dalek Bob’ into …read more Continue reading Drunken eBay Purchase Becomes Motorized, Speaking Dalek
[Nicholas Murray]’s Composite Test Pattern Generator is a beautifully-made, palm-sized tool that uses an ESP32-based development board to output different test patterns in PAL/NTSC. If one is checking out old …read more Continue reading Pocket-sized Test Pattern Generator Helps Check those CRTs
Holiday cookies are a joy, and to make things a bit more fun, [The Skjegg] created the Cookie Launcher. At the touch of a button, a door opens and the …read more Continue reading Cookie Launcher Makes You Catch Your Own Snack
If you need something clever for a gift, consider this two-part 3D-printed Christmas ornament that has a small secret compartment. But there’s a catch: the print is a challenging one. …read more Continue reading Christmas Ornament Has Hidden Compartment, Clever Design