Smart watches are pretty common today, but how many people do you know with a smart hat? [Oliver] built Wilson which he bills as “the IoT hat.” We wonder if the name was inspired by the Home Improvement character of the same name who only appeared as a hat above the fence line. You can see a […]
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Our first thought was that having big fins coming out of your VR goggles might not look very cool. But then we realized if you are wearing VR goggles, that’s probably not your biggest concern. (Ba-doom, tss.) Seriously, though, high-intensity graphics can cause your phone or device to get pretty toasty up there pressed against
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Are you the kind of person who’s not good with managing keys and always have to try each key for every other lock? Well don’t worry, just grab a little bit of motivation and your maker tools to innovate your very own voice controlled smart key holder. Because there’s no problem too small or big
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Like many modern smart home gadgets, Belkin’s Wemo brand of smart plugs has a tendency to phone home every time you turn on a lamp. [Gigawatts] wasn’t having it, so they figured out how to flash the device with OpenWRT and replicated its original functionality with a web interface. Unfortunately this stopped working after awhile,
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Hi everyone, Neda is an interactive picture frame that helps grandparents who are having a hard time learning how to work with technology. It’s an easy way for them to connect with their children and grandchildren who might live abroad. The way it works is very simple. Each picture has a button above it. Whenever
At first glance, this might appear to be a Rube Goldberg machine made of toys. The truth isn’t far off — it’s a remote-control animatronic story machine driven by its spectators and their phones. [Niklas Roy] and a team of volunteers built it in just two weeks for Phaenomenale, a festival centered around art and digital culture
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Who hasn’t ever left his phone on a spot and realised they had lost it too late? Anonimoconhache present you the solution: Don’t Lose Me. With this amazing gadget you will never lose your phone again. Whenever you are too far away from your phone Don’t Lose Me will start to blink and whistle, as
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A lot of phrases surrounding phones don’t make sense anymore. With a modern cellphone, you don’t really “hang up” and there’s certainly no “dial” to be had. However, with [jakeofalltrades’] project, you can read an old-fashioned phone dial using an Arduino. The idea behind a phone dial is actually pretty simple. When you pull the dial back
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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, and repeat this four times with a longer break at the end. Initially, [prusteen] was keeping track on their phone, but hated having to change
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The concept of vending machines in hackerspaces is nothing new, but [iooner] took it a step further – as hackers ought to. Putting HDDs into the rotating spring of a repurposed vending machine, right where you’d expect to see a Granola bar, isn’t revolutionary – but we don’t remember anybody doing it before this. And, with how
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