Hackerspace competition combines drinking and lock picking – need we say more?

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The guys from Bloomington’s Fraternal Order of Lock Sport (FOOLS) sure know how to throw a party! At this year’s DerbyCon event down in Louisville, the group put on an awesome event that combined lockpicking and drinking - what could be better? The Rumble Challenge is lock picking game where six people compete head to head for the best time. Whenever a competitor masters his lock, the … [Read more...]

Simple liquid dispenser for auto-cocktails

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[Qdot] came up with a simple way to dosing out liquids to use in his Bartris project. As you can see above, flexible tubing is connected to some inverted bottles that house the liquid. A chopstick is attached to a board on one end, and via string to a servo on the other. When the servo turns it pulls the chopstick tight against the board, cutting off the flow of liquid through the tubing. This … [Read more...]