using an etch-a-sketch is hard, hooking it up to a mouse might seem harder, but in the end, likely more appropriate and accurate. here comes the electr-o-sketch–hack a mouse to control and draw on the classic and ever present etch-a-sketch.
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More Minipovs!: An Inexpensive Persistence Of Vision Toy
hey, if you’re working on a cool hack let us know, here’s one that just came in. “neo2” sent this–“just built one of these (on a breadboard for now), and it is as fun to play with as it looks. as for the question of how to program it, you need a pic programmer. i got mine off ebay for about $20. pictures of orignal program and my change to say “matt” here.
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The Cryo Mouse
we’re not really sure why, but some people told us they wanted to be frozen for the next 4 years. any hoo, you can’t do that yet, but you can put a lego guy in your mouse and make it a little tiny cryo container complete with LED so your plastic pal can rip can winkle it away while you mouse in to the future.
Minipov: An Inexpensive Persistence Of Vision Toy
a couple years ago i made a pair of shoes that spelled words in the air as you walked, the cost was a little high for mass production, but now it’s looking like i can do this on the cheap
Build The Ultimate Water Gun
i ran in to this site “how to build the ultimate water gun” after seeing sony shut down the “retropod” product (sony, get real) any way, using some stuff that’s pretty easy and cheap to get a hold you too can literally make the ultimate water gun. i’m going to make one and have it ready for next summer, i’ll post pictures as i cook it up.
