You Can Turn Soft Drink Bottles Into Handy Solar Lamps

Solar lights are a popular garden decoration. Of course, they’re available cheaply from most hardware and garden stores, but if you’re more of the DIY type, you might like to build your own. [opengreenenergy] has done just that, using recycled materials for a cheap and simple design.

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Going Around In Circles With Homemade Arcade Classic Cyclone

The classic arcade game Cyclone has attracted many players, along with their coins, thanks to its simple yet addictive gameplay. In its most basic form it consists of a light racing around a circular track, which the player then has to stop at exactly the right place.

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A Whole Lot Of Stepper Motors Make The Most Graceful 7-Segment Displays

Over the years we’ve seen many takes on the 7-segment display. Among the most interesting are the mechanical versions of what is most often an LED-based item. This week’s offering is from [John Burd], who published a very odd video showing off the clock he made.

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Make Your Own Tabletop Game Organizers With Online Tool

There is a vibrant cottage industry built around selling accessories to improve the storage and organization of tabletop games, but the more DIY-minded will definitely appreciate [Steve Genoud]’s deckinabox tool, which can create either 3D-printable designs, or ones more suited to folded paper or

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When Battery Rebuilds Go Wrong: Understanding BMSs, Spot Welders, And Safety

Batteries are amazing. Batteries are horrible. Batteries are a necessary evil in today’s world of portable everything. If you’re reading this sentence, even if it’s not on a mobile device, somewhere there is a battery involved. They’re that ubiquitous.

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Floppy Clock

char *song_00 = “Pacman:d=32,o=5,b=112:32p,b,p,b6,p,f#6,p,d#6,p,b6,f#6,16p,16d#6,16p,c6,p,c7,p,g6,p,e6,p,c7,g6,16p,16e6,16p,b,p,b6,p,f#6,p,d#6,p,b6,f#6,16p,16d#6,16p,d#6,e6,f6,p,f6,f#6,g6,p,g6,g#6,a6,p,b.6”; char *song_01 = “Druid:d=4,o=5,b=80:8g.6,16a6,16a#6,16g6,c7,8a#6,16a6,16a#6,a6,g6,8p,8g.

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Depthcharge documentation — Depthcharge 0.3.0 documentation

This is the official documentation for NCC Group’s free and open source Depthcharge project. If you’re new to the project, we recommend starting with the introduction section to get up to speed. For some additional context and inspiration, check out the following blog posts and talks:

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Linux Arcade Cab Gives Up Its Secrets Too Easily

Sometimes reverse engineering embedded systems can be a right old faff, with you needing to resort to all kinds of tricks such as power glitching in order to poke a tiny hole in the armour, giving you an way in. And, sometimes the door is just plain wide open.

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