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2024 Tiny Games Contest: Spectacular Sub-Surface Simon

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A Simon game built into an ATtiny84 in a DIP-14 package.

When you work with tiny things on the regular, they start to seem normal-sized to your hands and eyes. Then, if you work with even smaller packages, stuff like 0603 …read more Continue reading 2024 Tiny Games Contest: Spectacular Sub-Surface Simon→

Posted in 2024 Tiny Games Challenge, ATtiny Hacks, attiny84, contests, games

2024 Tiny Games Contest: Micro One-Armed Bandit Hits the Cuteness Jackpot

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A tiny colorful slot machine that uses LEDs instead of fruits or numbers.

They don’t call slot machines one-armed bandits for nothing. And although it’s getting harder and harder to find slot machines with actual pull-able handles instead of just big buttons, you …read more Continue reading 2024 Tiny Games Contest: Micro One-Armed Bandit Hits the Cuteness Jackpot→

Posted in 2024 Tiny Games Challenge, contests, games, QT Py, SAMD21

2024 Tiny Games Contest: An Epic Minimalist Entertainment System, Indeed

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Kristina Panos
An incredibly small gaming console with cartridges, each bearing an ATtiny10.

One way to keep things tiny is to make a system with cartridges where the brain lives on each cartridge instead of the platform itself. [Michael]’s Epic Minimalist Entertainment System …read more Continue reading 2024 Tiny Games Contest: An Epic Minimalist Entertainment System, Indeed→

Posted in 2024 Tiny Games Challenge, ATtiny Hacks, attiny10, contests, games, GPD340

Glowing Egg Is a One-Oeuf Solution for Tracking Cycles

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A chicken's egg with many holes glows beneath a glass globe set atop an inverted wooden bowl.

Look, if something happened to you every three weeks or so to basically turn you into a different person and factored heavily into whether any new humans were created, you’d …read more Continue reading Glowing Egg Is a One-Oeuf Solution for Tracking Cycles→

Posted in ESP8266, fertility, lifehacks, menstrual cycle, Menstruation, ovulation, RGB LED, wemos d1 mini, ws2812, YAML

Jump Cacti With an LDR and a Pico

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A light-dependent resistor detects cacti in the Google Chrome Offline Dinosaur game.

By now, probably everyone is familiar with the “You’re Offline” dinosaur that stars in Google’s T. Rex game. You know — jump cacti, avoid pterodactyls. Repeat until you lose, or, …read more Continue reading Jump Cacti With an LDR and a Pico→

Posted in CdS cell, games, Google Chrome, ldr, light dependent resistor, offline dinosaur, photoresistor, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Pico, t. rex game

Tactile Communication Board Speaks the Truth

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A client uses an Augmented Alternative Communication board that speaks.

Sometimes, simple things can make a world of difference. Take for example a non-verbal person who can’t necessarily control a touch screen in order to tell someone else what they …read more Continue reading Tactile Communication Board Speaks the Truth→

Posted in AAC, ASSISTIVE TECH, assistive technology, augementative alternative communication board, Circuit Python, CircuitPython, lifehacks

Floorboard Is a Keyboard for Your Feet

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A keyboard built into a commercial foot rest.

Whether you have full use of your hands or not, a foot-operated keyboard is a great addition to any setup. Of course, it has to be a lot more robust …read more Continue reading Floorboard Is a Keyboard for Your Feet→

Posted in arduino, Arduino Hacks, atmega32u4, foot keyboard, peripherals hacks, stomp switch

Boss Byproducts: the Terrible Beauty of Trinitite

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Kristina Panos

While some byproducts recall an idyllic piece of Americana, others remind us that the past is not always so bright and cheerful. Trinitite, created unintentionally during the development of the …read more Continue reading Boss Byproducts: the Terrible Beauty of Trinitite→

Posted in atomsite, chemistry hacks, history, molten glass, nuclear blast, Sand, Trinity, trinity test, Tritinite

2024 Tiny Games Contest: Batch Craze Is Portable Charades, Kind Of

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Kristina Panos
A small handheld word game called Batch Craze, where one player tries to get another to guess the word on the screen.

So there’s this commercial electronic game out there called Catch Phrase, which, as the game’s own catch phrase explains, is the game that’s played one word at a time. See, …read more Continue reading 2024 Tiny Games Contest: Batch Craze Is Portable Charades, Kind Of→

Posted in 2024 Tiny Games Challenge, Cheap Yellow Display, contests, ESP32, games

2024 Tiny Games Contest: Morse Quest Goes Where You Do

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Kristina Panos
The Morse Quest game in semi-darkness to show off the dit-dahing light.

Do you know Morse code already? Or are you maybe trying to learn so you can be an old school ham? Either way, you could have a lot of fun …read more Continue reading 2024 Tiny Games Contest: Morse Quest Goes Where You Do→

Posted in 2024 Tiny Games Challenge, contests, games, morse code

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