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  • John Edgar Park
    12:23 pm Thu, Mar 17, 2016
    How to make a "TSA compliant" multitool mod

    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
    12:28 pm Wed, Jan 6, 2016
    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. Learning how the ratchet and pawl mechanism works helped… Read the rest of the article: Look at the size of this demonstration handcuff

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  • John Edgar Park
    12:10 pm Wed, Dec 23, 2015
    Swiss Researchers solve side-scrolling immersion

    Researchers at the ETH Game Technology Center of the Swiss national technical institute in Zürich, have applied their considerable talents to the critical problem of immersion in 2D side-scrolling, 8-bit era… Read the rest of the article: Swiss Researchers solve side-scrolling immersion

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  • John Edgar Park
    2:49 pm Fri, Oct 9, 2015
    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
    2:42 pm Mon, Sep 28, 2015
    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
    10:54 am Mon, Sep 14, 2015
    Just look at this Japanese 100-yen store banana chipper

    Just look at it.

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  • John Edgar Park
    6:16 am Mon, Aug 3, 2015
    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
    5:13 pm Tue, Jul 28, 2015
    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
    4:27 pm Wed, Jul 15, 2015
    Just look at this intentionally confusing banana Arduino

    Just look at it. WTFDuino (Thanks, Marc de Vinck!)

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  • John Edgar Park
    10:03 am Sun, May 4, 2014
    Imperial Melody Discharger – Stormtrooper helmet art build notes

    I built the Imperial Melody Discharger, an articulated Stormtrooper helmet music box, for the Star Wars Day ("May the 4th be with you") vinyl Stormtrooper helmet art show . For… Read the rest of the article: Imperial Melody Discharger – Stormtrooper helmet art build notes

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