Carrying small pliers and screwdrivers can be helpful and comforting. When traveling without checked baggage, I feel strange leaving behind my small multitools. Being without tools is weird.
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John Edgar Park How to make a "TSA compliant" multitool mod
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John Edgar Park Look at the size of this demonstration handcuff
Pressed into service recently to teach handcuff escape workshops to high school students, I built this. The huge, functional, see-through demonstration handcuff. Huge handcuff shimmed Watch this video on YouTube.… Read the rest of the article: Look at the size of this demonstration handcuff
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John Edgar Park Swiss Researchers solve side-scrolling immersion
Unfolding The 8-Bit Era (8 bits, 8 players, 8 projectors, and one Nintendo Entertainment System) Watch this video on YouTube. Researchers at the ETH Game Technology Center of the Swiss… Read the rest of the article: Swiss Researchers solve side-scrolling immersion
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John Edgar Park Help convince LEGO to produce "Lovelace and Babbage" play set / Raspberry Pi case
This delightful Lovelace & Babbage Analytical Engine is gathering support on LEGO Ideas (formerly CUUSOO) where the community can up-vote fan-made play sets into consideration for production. Featuring Lada Ada Lovelace and Charles… Read the rest of the article: Help convince LEGO to produce "Lovelace and Babbage" play set / Raspberry Pi case
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John Edgar Park An online Java course for kids, taught via Minecraft
At the beginning of the summer my son Ronan, age 12, and I built him his first high-powered gaming PC. Me being a dad and all, I did so happily,… Read the rest of the article: An online Java course for kids, taught via Minecraft
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John Edgar Park Just look at this Japanese 100-yen store banana chipperJust look at it.
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John Edgar Park Fixing a safe lock with a bullet casing
Manipulating safe locks can be fun and profitable! It also takes practice. I recently bought a used safe combination dial lock and mounted it to a piece of reclaimed wood. Mounting a dial lock… Read the rest of the article: Fixing a safe lock with a bullet casing
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John Edgar Park Illustrator is drawing every item in his late grandfather's tool shed
Artist Lee John Phillips has begun to lovingly draw the over 100,000 items housed in his late grandfather's toolshed. He plans to catalog every single tool, part, gadget, and bit of hardware over the… Read the rest of the article: Illustrator is drawing every item in his late grandfather's tool shed
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John Edgar Park Just look at this intentionally confusing banana Arduino
Just look at it. WTFDuino (Thanks, Marc de Vinck!) WTFDUINO – Teaser Watch this video on YouTube. WTFDUINO – Teaser 2 Watch this video on YouTube.
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John Edgar Park Imperial Melody Discharger – Stormtrooper helmet art build notes
Imperial Melody Discharger – Star Wars Legion Watch this video on YouTube. I built the Imperial Melody Discharger, an articulated Stormtrooper helmet music box, for the Star Wars Day ("May… Read the rest of the article: Imperial Melody Discharger – Stormtrooper helmet art build notes
