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4th grader's automatic cat feeder

Mark Frauenfelder at 10:36 am Sat, May 19, 2012

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Here's Ella Smith at Maker Faire with her Zevrino, an Arduino-powered automatic cat feeder.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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einsteinatthemall

I’d like to see it in action – I’m sure it’s very “Rube Goldberg-esque”

With a little modification, this cat feeder would make a decent ATM machine. Just substitute 20 dollar bills for cat food.
DevinC

Needs more stickers.

Preferably of space unicorns.
pjcamp

If it’s for cats, why are there dogs on top?
AccordionIdol

This is awesome!
[I am aware that hardly needs saying, but I notice that unequivocally awesome things strangely seem to garner fewer comments on BB nowadays, and I'm trying to redress the balance]
therl

Awesome! I could do with one of these….
philllies

They got to be fed before the boxing match
http://twitter.com/janjamm jan angevine

More cow bell, please. Only thing missing.
dioptase

No thanks. I’ll keep my stick shift cats. Better mileage.