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Name the Thing Contest - 187

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:10:23 +0000

The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not keep it hidden in a drawer. I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure if the solar cell would […]

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DIY Sous Vide: Cook Perfect Steaks with Arduino Electronics at BioCurious!

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:10:59 +0000

Come one, come all, science geeks, food lovers, Arduino hackers. Build a magical box with Arduino-inspired technology that will control the temperature of an appliance you hack, up to 0.1 degrees accuracy. October 15th at the BioCurious hackerspace in Sunnyvale!

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A Room for Sis

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:10:43 +0000

Our oldest sister wears many hats. Caregiver to mom, busy retail
clerk, friend and helper to many. A talented chef, an awesome
organizer, she is the glue that bonds the household together. All
along she has been someone who will do for you, and then be too busy
or will run out of resource…
By: estructor

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Perfect Sawhorses: adjustable and knock-down design

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:10:49 +0000

* Adjustable * Strong/Sturdy * Don’t require a lot of space to store
(ie. knock-down) * Economical (approximately $15 per sawhorse) * You
would enjoy, or at least have some ability in, assembling pieces of wood
If you have some or all of the above criteria for a set of sawhorses
then thes…
By: loftyduck

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My Space

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:10:55 +0000

I’m a grad student, all my furniture is from yard sales and cost me
under a hundred bucks. With a thousand dollars I would replace all of
this stuff. Please help me!!!

By: John s3

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Dual Stage Heating/Cooling Temperature Controller with RGB Display

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:10:57 +0000

I am probably flattering myself, taking any sort of credit for inspiring this sweet custom temperature controller built by Adafruit reader Mike to keep his beer-brewing fridge at a constant temperature. Like my recent project, it simultaneously controls AC-powered heating and cooling equipment to maintain a constant temperature, and is mounted in a CANTEX PVC junction box. But there the similarities pretty much end: Whereas I used a cheap off-the-shelf thermostat module from China, Mike built and programmed his own controller using an Arduino for brains, an Xbee for remote temperature control and data logging, and a cool multicolor LED display with letters that turn red when the system is heating, blue when it is cooling, and green when it is at the correct temperature.

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Automatic Media Deactivation System (video)

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:10:35 +0000

Jake Ketchum’s Automatic Media Deactivation System attaches to a standard power strip and shuts off all power to a room’s electronics when its smart sensor detects that a person is no longer in the room. When someone re-enters, the system is switched back on. He demonstrated his invention at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.

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Super Easy Two Minute Porridge

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:10:48 +0000

A few days ago, I was trying to figure out what to have for breakfast.
To my annoyance, I couldn’t think of anything that I could make
with what I had, so I jumped onto Instructables. Of course,
there’s tonnes of things to choose, but, again, I didn’t
have the things that were needed. So I made porr…
By: timmycutts

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The Witches Skull

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:10:10 +0000

this project came to me in the isle of the $1 store. Yup, I jumped out
of line and headed over to the Halloween decor and snagged up a
cheap… cheesy plastic skull. I almost put it back too, after
getting back in line behind about five people that were originally
behind me. "What the heck? It’s only …
By: LittleGrace

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Arduino Ambilight

Blogsnapper — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:10:09 +0000

Don Howdeshell sent in this great Arduino Ambilight project. Sure seems like the Ambilight projects will continue to be popular. This one uses an Arduino at the core and ShiftBrite LED lights. You can see the effects here before the diffusion was added but make sure you watch the video below where the full effects […]

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