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This 3D-Printed Map of Manhattan Displays Subway Train Locations in Real-Time, via a Raspberry Pi

Pseudonymous maker and train enthusiast “bicapitate” has 3D-printed a map of Manhattan designed to display the location of subway trains in real-time — powered by a Raspberry Pi single-board computer and some optical fibers.

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Adrian “RevK” Kennard’s “Faikin” Is a Drop-In Home Assistant-Compatible Controller for Daikin ACs

ISP director and maker Adrian “RevK” Kennard is hoping to make it easier to connect Daikin air conditioning units to home automation systems — without the need to sign up to the company’s cloud service. “Everyone knows Daikin make some of the best air conditioners out there.

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Make Custom Shirts With A 3D Print, Just Add Bleach

Bleach is a handy way to mark fabrics, and it turns out that combining bleach with a 3D-printed design is an awfully quick-working and effective way to stamp a design onto a shirt. While conceptually simple, the details make the difference.

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Software Lets You Paint Surface Patterns On 3D Prints

Just when you think you’ve learned all the latest 3D printing tricks, [TenTech] shows up with an update to their Fuzzyficator post-processing script. This time, the GPL v3 licensed program has gained early support for “paint-on” textures.

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Capacitor Decoupling Chaos, And Why You Should Abandon 100 NF

Everyone knows that the perfect capacitor to decouple the power rails around ICs is a 100 nF ceramic capacitor or equivalent, yet where does this ‘fact’ come from and is it even correct? These are the questions that [Graham] set out to answer once and for all.

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