The Egyptian Coin Box ‘Trick’
[James Stanley] likes to spend time making puzzles and gadgets for escape rooms, and decided for a change to try their hand at a bit of magic. The idea was …read more Continue reading The Egyptian Coin Box ‘Trick’
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micro:bit Brings 3D Printed Magic Lanterns to Life
[Elenavercher] loves engaging her primary school students, inspiring their imagination as well as teaching them the design thinking process. She has found that the very accessible rapid prototyping culture of …read more Continue reading micro:bit Brings 3D Printed Magic Lanterns to Life
Too Many Pixels
Sometimes simpler is more impressive than complicated, and part of this is certainly due to Arthur C. Clarke’s third law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”. It’s counter-intuitive, …read more Continue reading Too Many Pixels
Magic: The Gathering Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary by Selling $1,000 Boosters
Fans are upset about a celebration that seems catered towards wealthy collectors. Continue reading Magic: The Gathering Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary by Selling $1,000 Boosters
Performing Magic With a Little High-Tech Help
Doing magic with cards involves a lot of precise dexterity to know which card is where. For plenty of tricks, this is often knowledge and control of a single card …read more Continue reading Performing Magic With a Little High-Tech Help
The Calculator Charm: Calculatorium Leviosa!
Have you ever tried waving your hand around like a magic wand and summoning a calculator? We would guess not since you’d probably look a little silly doing so. That …read more Continue reading The Calculator Charm: Calculatorium Leviosa!
Magic in VR That Depends On Your Actual State of Mind
[Cangar]’s excitement is palpable in his release of a working brain-computer interface (BCI) mod for Skyrim VR, in which the magic system in the game is modified so that spell …read more Continue reading Magic in VR That Depends On Your Actual State of Mind
The Magic Flute of Rat Mind Control Aims to Mix Magic and Science
Well this is unusual. Behold the Magic Flute of Rat Mind Control, and as a project it is all about altering the response to the instrument, rather than being about hacking the musical instrument itself. It’s [Kurt White]’s entry to the Musical Instrument Challenge portion of The Hackaday Prize, and it’s as intriguing as it is different.
[Kurt] has created a portable, internet-connected, automated food dispenser with a live streaming video feed and the ability to play recorded sounds. That device (named Nicodemus) is used as a Skinner Box to train rats — anywhere rats may be found — …read more
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Beating Life-Force Amulet
It’s one thing to see science-fiction slowly become reality, but quite another to take that process into your own hands. Inspired by a movie prop, [Eric Strebel] decided to build himself a 21st science-fiction artifact: a pulsing, life-force amulet.
At the — aheam — heart of this amulet is a blinking LED circuit which [Strebel] modified into a slow pulse with the help of his friends. To add to the surreal quality of the amulet, he sourced a stone from a local gem show, bringing his circuit along to get an idea of what the final product would look like. …read more
Click Your Heels Thrice, Hail a Cab Home
If Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz were to wake up in 2017, with her magic Ruby Slippers on her feet, she’d probably believe she had woken up in a magical world. But modern folks will need a little more magic to impress them. Like Clicking your heels thrice to get home with these Uber ruby slippers. [Hannah Joshua] was tasked by her employer to build a quirky maker project. She got an idea when a friend complained about having trouble hailing a cab at the end of a hard day at work.
[Hannah] started with ruby colored slippers with …read more
