BLOG-O-MATIC

Category: Assorted Hacks and Mods

A Word Clock Built with Love

I built this “Word Clock” for my girlfriend. A handcrafted walnut frame houses an 8×8″ RGB LED panel that shines though a laser-cut steel stencil with the aid of some 3D printed lattices, a diffuser, and a RTC-equipped Raspberry Pi computer.

Continue Reading ➞

LittleBits Hue Lighting Controller

My (Open Source) LittleBits Hue Lighting Controller project leverages the LittleBits Arduino Bit, a small linux computer (like a BeagleBone, Raspberry Pi, or UDOO), and the Philips Hue Hub to easily control the state, brightness, and color of your Hue lightbulbs via a tactile interface.

Continue Reading ➞

Pi BADGEr ePaper Weather Station

At the 2013 Open Hardware Summit, all attendees were given a hackable, ePaper badge (lovingly called a “BADGEr”) that could be used to display our credentials during the conference, and could be used for experimentation afterwards. I paired mine with a Raspberry Pi to create an auto-updating ePaper weather station that hangs on my wall.

Continue Reading ➞

2013 Halloween Costume: Space!

For my Halloween costume this year, I decided to turn myself into outer space – I sewed 12 individually addressable LEDs to my shirt, and programmed them to twinkle like stars. To complete the look, I designed and 3D printed a rocket ship that I could wear on my left arm.

Continue Reading ➞

Epic Fails: GPS Pod Tracker Postmortem

I recently moved from NY to San Francisco, and shipped all my stuff. At the last minute, I decided to build a GPS tracker that would update a website with my shipment’s location in real-time. I didn’t work quite as planned, so this post will serve as an analysis of what went wrong.

Continue Reading ➞