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“Necessity is the mother of invention,” or so the saying goes. We’ve never held to that, finding that laziness is a much more powerful creative lubricant. And this story about …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 2, 2022
There are so many important design decisions behind a robot: battery, means of locomotion, and position sensing, to name a few. But at a library in Helsinki, one of the most surprising design features for a librarian’s assistant robot was googly eyes. A company called Futurice built a robot for …read more
Continue reading Your Next Robot Needs Googly Eyes, And Other Lessons from Disney
“We have an idea of what a typical crab looks like—and these new fossils break all those rules.” Continue reading 90-Million-Year-Old ‘Chimera’ Crab Was An Animal Mashup
We love seeing a thing get used effectively for other than its intended purpose, and this DIY LED Earrings project is a great example. [IdunnGoddess] liked the idea of making light-up LED earrings powered by a small coin cell, but an enclosure and power connection for the battery were sticking points. The solution? A googly eye after a few minor modifications turned out to be perfect.
A googly eye resembles a thin, flat, hollow plastic bulb. Choose one that’s just a bit bigger than the coin cell, and cut a slot in one end and a small hole in the …read more
Continue reading Clever Battery Holder Hack Makes Brilliant Earrings