poundland
Poundland Surprises!
Need a LiPo battery and boost converter? Got £1? Then go to Poundland and give this a go.
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tuesdaytooling
Tooling Tuesday - #pounderland special
Take apart a Poundland amplifier / speaker...it only costs a quid...honest!
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Friday Fun: Poundland Edition
It'ssssss Pounderland! So today I popped into my local Poundland to look for stuff which I can hack into a time machine project for tomorrow. I found a few bits and pieces. * Solar powered LED bulbs * Slug barrier tape * Mice * Tripod for phone camera * KITT the car from
soldering
The "Essentials" Soldering Kit
Disclaimer - This kit was provided free of charge by CPC I love soldering! I only learnt to solder about 2-3 years ago, but since then I have enjoyed the hobby. Yes even the bits where I botch something up! Soldering is a basic maker skill and essential for those
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Chips, dips and Doom
I recently took delivery of a $9 computer, called C.H.I.P, a kickstarter project from 2015. I opted for Pocket CHIP, a Gameboy-esque case that provides a full keyboard and touchscreen interface along with a battery. I wanted to have a quick play about with the kit, right
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Blinky Lights
LEDs are wonderful things! The humble LED provides us with illumination, it indicates when a device is on standby and it can teach anyone the basics of controlling a physical device with a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Codebug or micro:bit. LEDs are great and I always need them, so when
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Bluetooth Keyboard Shenanigans
If you have followed my antics long enough then you will know that I am a little frugal. Some would say "cheap", well both are true :) So on Hot UK Deals the other day, I saw a cheap Mac style Bluetooth keyboard that I thought would be perfect
microbit
micro:bit - Hacking the GPIO - Updated!
So yesterday on the train...I saw this tweet. Just had GREAT yr4 after school club using #bbcmicrobit 😀 BUT trying2do traffic lights & struggled w/ short circuits pic.twitter.com/xsp1upJs3q — Ben Smith (@ManchesterBudo) 23 February 2016 It got me and a few other geeks thinking of ways to hack
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BBC micro:bit - Gesture controlled blinking lights
I've been tinkering with the new BBC micro:bit computer, especially the Micro Python editor Mu. I love how flexible the board is, especially for getting down to hacking in very little time. To test out the micro:bit I thought that I would write a simple script
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Hacking Poundland
My love for cheap electronics is well documented and the various Pound shops in Blackpool feed my need quite well. Today at Blackpool Makerspace I worked with young hacker Josh to build a Christmas Ray Gun! Using a Santa badge that plays Christmas songs and lights up a series of
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Geekery and tinkering
I'm a geek I know far too much about Computers, Electronics and Star Trek, don't get me started on Galaxy class starships! So this makes me a geek, which is cool because just like the original meaning of hacker, we are taking the term geek back
Raspberry Pi
Using Raspberry Pi in museums
Blackpool has a long history of entertainment with many big names coming to Blackpool during it's "Golden Age". I was recently asked by Blackpool Council to provide a Raspberry Pi workshop as part of a two day unveiling of a new project. The project would see