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1901 points l2silver | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.206s | source

Maybe you've created your own AR program for wearables that shows the definition of a word when you highlight it IRL, or you've built a personal calendar app for your family to display on a monitor in the kitchen. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it.
1. simonjgreen ◴[] No.35738604[source]
I used to run a hackspace, so quite a lot! But in no particular order these are some of my favourites:

- A tracking airsoft turret that would point at and fire at movement. Was coded in Processing.

- A world clock of digital clocks that synced with NTP and could be set to many regions when working with different timezones.

- A QFH antenna for receiving live satellite images via SSTV from weather satellites

- A core xy assembly with a peristaltic pump that can be placed over a frying pan to make fun designs of pancakes

- A screenshot tool that uploaded to a private site with a short code URL for sharing screenshots without relying on ott SaaS products