Posts with «technology» label

Use Your Smartphone as Your Car Key with an NFC Lock

Adding an NFC unlocker to your car allows you to open your vehicle with your phone, or an NFC ring.

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Hack Your Car’s Dashboard to Display Reddit Shower Thoughts

Harin De Mel could have hacked his car to display something "useful", but where's the challenge in that? Shower thoughts, it is!

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Turn Your Electronics Project into a Sellable Product

Do you dream of developing a hot, new hardware gadget and bringing it to market? Maybe your goal is to make the world better with your product, or perhaps you just want to get filthy rich selling your product. Developing a project prototype using an Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or other […]

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Capture Incredible Water Droplet Impacts with a High Speed Camera Rig

High speed photography is great for capturing the moment when two water droplets collide and make incredibly beautiful fluid impacts.

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Take a Walk on the Disconnected Side with These Notification-Silencing Shoes

You've heard of "dancing" shoes, but have you heard of "disabling your contacts and notifications" shoes?

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Read the Room with This Social Media Skimming Robotic Arm

Thumbs up or thumbs down? This robotic arm skims social media to let you know if you're viewed positively or negatively.

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Blind Arduino Project Proves You Don’t Need to See to Build Electronics

William Gerrey and Dr. Joshua Miele made the Blind Arduino Project to help those in the blind community expand their STEM and Maker education.

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How Punch Cards and Arduino Close the Gap on Hacked Knitting

You can still use punch cards to operate knitting machines, but a few groups are now bringing the technology full circle by hacking knitting machines so that they may be operated digitally via an Arduino.

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The New “Arduino Create” Makes for Easier IoT Dev, Better Collaboration

Arduino Create, which came out of beta today, is a web-based development platform for Arduino that allows you to write, share, and collaborate on sketches.

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Illuminate Your Walls with Beehive-Inspired Modular Lighting

Honeycomb patterns inspired the design behind this light fixture. The modular design means the shape can be reconfigured.

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