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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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Build a Behemoth Cold Brew Coffee Drip Tower

You can buy large cold-brew towers, but they’re very expensive, aimed at coffee shops. Instead you can make your own automated tower that uses arduino.

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Transform an Ikea Side Table into a Music Visualizer

Use some LEDs to upgrade a $10 Ikea side table into a centerpiece that bumps and jives to the beat of your tunes. Get your freq on!

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Meet the Arduino Clone That’s the Size of a AA Battery

A clever design for a pint-sized, wireless Arduino clone that also turns a battery holder into a project box.

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Build a Small, Custom USB MIDI Foot Board with Arduino

If you're playing for an audience you don't want to spend your set looking at a screen. See how one musician made this MIDI foot board for performances.

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