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Sometimes, projects start in somewhat unlikely places. This one began when [Istvan Raduly] scored a fake raven at a neighbor’s garage sale and decided to turn it into a thunder-and-lightning …read more Continue reading 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Quoth the Raven, “Caww!”
Even though it seems the worst of COVID has passed, October generally kicks off cold and flu season, so why not continue to pass out Halloween treats in a socially-distanced …read more Continue reading 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Treat Trough of Terror Is Actually Pretty Cute
Although many people might remember the recorder as just a simple instrument from their introductory music classes, it can nevertheless produce rich and varied melodies in the hands of a …read more Continue reading Musical Robot Lets You Play the Recorder Hands-Free
[Koraks tinkers] was gifted a gargantuan photographic enlarger, a Durst Laborator 138 s, which is a unit designed specifically for black and white usage only. This was not good enough …read more Continue reading Converting A B&W Exposer Head For Colour Analog Photo Printing
[Wentworthm] couldn’t say no to his son’s plea for a Sonic the Hedgehog costume for Halloween but also couldn’t resist sprucing it up with LEDs either. The end result is …read more Continue reading LEDs Put New Spin on a Sonic The Hedgehog Costume
For those that don’t know, Gaggia is a company that produces a line of affordable “entry-level” espresso coffee makers that offer good quality consumer espresso machines at reasonable prices. The …read more Continue reading Homebrew Espresso Maker Modding with Gagguino
With surface-mount components quickly becoming the norm, even for homebrew hardware, the resistor color-code can sometimes feel a bit old-hat. However, anybody who has ever tried to identify a random …read more Continue reading The Great Resistor Embiggens the Smallest Value
[Louise Katzovitz] has created a light-up jacket in the style of the jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the 1983 music video for “Thriller”. [Louise Katzovitz]’s Thriller jacket is the …read more Continue reading Thrills with an LED “Thriller” Jacket
A common trope in bank heist B-movies is someone effortlessly bypassing a safe’s combination lock. Typically, the hero or villain will turn the dial while listening to the internal machinery, …read more Continue reading Robot Opens Master Combination Locks in Less Than a Minute
A Jack-In-The-Box is scary enough the first time. However, if you’ve seen the clown pop out before, it fails to have the same impact. [Franklinstein] decided that swapping out the …read more Continue reading Hacking A Jack-in-the-Box To Be Extra Surprising