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Illegal, yet impressive Want a soda? Just grab a robot, shove it in a vending machine, and grab yourself one. This video is incredibly French, but it looks like we've got a custom-built robot made out of old printers and other miscellaneous motors and gears here. It's actually pretty impressive when you consider 16 ounce cans weigh a pound. UNOBTANIUM Okay, we got a lot of emails on our … [Read more...]
When testing power supplies or LEDs, a constant current dummy load is needed. These devices will draw a constant amount of current, regardless of the voltage at the input terminals. [Nick] was looking for a load to test out a power supply, and found commercial offerings to be too large, too powerful, and most importantly, too expensive. This lead to the design of the Re:load, his open source … [Read more...]
The etsy of electronics project, Tindie, has a brand new feature: It's a Kickstarter-esque endeavor called a Fundraiser that allows you to sell your projects to other electron enthusiasts. Of course the new Tindie Fundraisers may soon be just another Kickstarter clone for "exciting," "new," and "innovative" Arduino dev boards, something we've lamented before. We're really interested in … [Read more...]
Tindie, the etsy for electronics and DIY projects is growing up. After growing 300% in August, the creator of Tindie, [emile], is now working full-time as the head of Tindie, LLC. Intended to be a place to connect makers with homebrew project connoisseurs, Tindie is seeing new projects and builds added every day. [emile] figures since some Tindie contributors are using the platform as the … [Read more...]
Oh cool we're famous Last weekend, the Tech Team Radio Show over in Stoke-on-Trent interviewed our boss man [Caleb]. It's a really wonderful interview, and I'm not saying that because [Caleb] signs my check. The entire show is up on Mixcloud and you can listen to the interview beginning at about 20 minutes. By the way, the guy who interviewed [Caleb] is now writing for us. Please welcome … [Read more...]
A few months ago we caught wind of Tindie, a site that gives builders, tinkerers, makers, and hackers a place to sell their projects. Well, Tindie has gone live and it looks to be cooler than we expected. Already there are some pretty awesome projects available on Tindie such as a truly awesome MIDI keyboard, an Arduino synthesizer, and even a robot that plays Angry Birds. In addition to … [Read more...]
If you have a finished project you're now bored with, here's Tindie. It's a one-man operation headed b [emile] that hopes to connect makers with people who think DIY projects are really cool and have money. There are already a few websites that cater to the builder who wants to sell projects: Kickstarter for one, but this is based on the concept of campaigns. Tindie aims to be a techie etsy, … [Read more...]
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