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Want to build a fabric light bright?
Go ahead! The link below this post will take you to V1.1 of the PDF How-To to build one yourself, with step-by-step instructions and a pretty exhaustive materials list. Also some pictures, but perhaps...
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My flex resistor jacket is finally finished. After a month and a half of failures and a whole bunch of setbacks, the PS:One logo is finally embedded with twenty big LEDs which are attach to a circuit...
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Museum Security And the Thomas Crown Affair: A Reality Check
In The Laboratory by Henry Alexander Art museums appear to be impenetrable fortresses after closing time. What is often unknown to the majority of the visiting public is that the majority of these...
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Circuit Hacking Fun Night featuring Mitch Altman
The most excellent Mitch Altman, co-founder Noisebridge & TV-B-Gone inventor, is in town to speak at Flourish Open Source Conference at UIC this weekend. Mitch Altman presents ‘Hacking Cool Things...
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First Open Science Meeting this Sunday at 6PM
Have you ever wished you could help direct investigations or do some hacking in areas like chemistry and biology (or others), but feel shut out of the scientific process because you don’t work in...
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Intro to the Microsoft Kinect – Recap
We had a great presentation by Jarvis Schultz on the Microsoft Kinect last night as part of the CNC Build Club. Jarvis works with the Kinect as part of his PhD research in robotics at Northwestern...
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PS1 Orientation: Thursday July 18 at 7pm
Photo by Mr. T in DC PS:One orientation (previously known as N00bs’ Paradise) is happening Thursday this week at 7pm in the downstairs lounge. If you can’t make this event, the next one will be...
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3D Printed Replacement Parts
Our shop has a few Black & Decker drills. They’re not contractor grade tools by any means. I was using one the other day for a project, and as I was walking back to the tool crib to put stuff away...
View ArticleJust Fucking Do it, or: How a Little Bit of Anarchy Helped Me
Most of us have spent a significant amount of time throughout our lives asking for permission. From parents, teachers, supervisors, community leaders, peers and everyone else. It’s a normal, natural...
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