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Adafruit explains how to build your very own HAL 9000 for less than $100

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It may be 2013, but 2001 will forever hold a special place in our hearts, in no small part due to the that lovable, red-eyed supercomputer known as HAL 9000. ThinkGeek has given us a couple ways to purchase HAL for our homes, but for folks who’d r…


Olympia Circuits’ Arno Shield lets Arduino newcomers bring their own board

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While there have certainly been attempts at easing the Arduino learning curve, many of these still demand a new board or simplify just one aspect of a much larger universe. Olympia Circuits’ new Arno Shield could help strike a better balance betwe…


Ben Heck fashions a pocket computer with an Xbox Chatpad and Arduino Uno

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It’s great to see Ben Heck focus his efforts of do-gooder projects like that foot-controlled wheelchair, but we’ll always have a soft spot for the modfather’s more nostalgic undertakings, like this BASIC pocket computer. Heck created the device for t…


OLED Lego train station emerges from Adafruit and Arduino gear, minifigs to get home on time

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Who knew Lego characters had to be somewhere in a hurry? Adafruit did, as it just whipped up a minifig-sized train schedule. The invention mates one of Adafruit’s own 1-inch OLED boards with an Arduino Uno controlling the schedule behind the scenes. …


Ben Heck’s Android-controlled pot-stirrer does (most of) the cooking for you

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Ben Heck is always thinking up gadgets that make life easier, from completely hands-free luggage to a sensor system for improved cycling safety. His latest mod is meant for those of us who have burnt Ramen a few too many times. His so-called Ben-Stur…


Four Bit Maze dares you to solve its puzzles, work your way up to the Lament Configuration

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Got a relative who keeps cheating his way out of your yew maze? This holiday season, perhaps you should consider a different kind of challenge: Oskar van Deventer’s Four Bit Maze. The apparently simple goal is to move the quartet of sliders from z…