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For those of you that don't know, the Heathkit HERO (Heathkit Educational Robot) was a 'bot built in the early 1980s. [Rick] wasn't satisfied with his model ETW-18's programming interface, so decided to upgrade it to be able to run Python using a hacked wireless router. We'd agree that things have advanced since then, since this little guy was originally programmed in machine code using an onboard … [Read more...]
We didn't believe this hack at all when we saw it, or rather heard it. Surly a guitar made out of a shovel couldn't sound decent. But the video (after the jump, skip to 2:40 for the jam) to our untrained ears sounded pretty rad. Could be the supremely well done wood work, proper use of tools, high tech pickups, or maybe Russian magic, we don't know. In fact, if you continue the video it doesn't … [Read more...]
When the tool you need doesn't exist, you must make one. That's exactly what [Dr. Malcolm Coulthard] and kidney nurse [Jean Crosier] from Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary did two years ago.When a baby too small for the regular dialysis machine (similar to the one pictured above) needed help after her kidneys failed, the kind doctor designed and built a smaller version of the machine in his … [Read more...]
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