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[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
If you’re writing a screenplay or novel, there will likely be points along the way at which you can’t get enough encouragement from friends and family. While kind words are …read more Continue reading Fireball-Flinging Figurine Feeds Fiction
Introduced in 1984, the Psion Organiser series defined the first generation of electronic organizers or PDAs (personal digital assistants). Even though these devices are now over 30 years old, the …read more Continue reading Arduino Nano Adds USB Interface to the Psion Organiser II
For as simple as it appears now, Space Invaders was one machine from the Golden Age of video games that always seemed to have a long line waiting for a …read more Continue reading Arduino and an OLED Make This Space Invaders Cabinet Tiny
One of the problems with a classic Turing machine is the tape must be infinitely long. [Mark’s] Turing Ring still doesn’t have an infinite tape, but it does make it …read more Continue reading Turing Ring is Compact
You know, we were just discussing weird and/or obsolete audio formats in the writers’ dungeon the other day. (By the way, have you ever bought anything on DAT or MiniDisc?) …read more Continue reading Bluetooth Record Player Puts a New Spin On Vinyl
Student and hacker [prusteen] recently fell in love with the Pomodoro method of time management. That’s where you concentrate on your task for 25 minutes, then take a five-minute break, …read more Continue reading World’s Cutest Pomodoro Timer Is Also a Clock
Among the plethora of obsolete removable media there are some which are lamented, but it can be difficult to find those who regret the passing of the floppy disk. These …read more Continue reading Arduino Nano Floppy Emulator For When Your Disk Is Not Accessible