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Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement

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About the Author

Acknowledgments

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Foreword

Introduction: Hackerspaces: The Bleeding Edge of the DIY Movement

Project 1. Karate Champ Game

Project 2. Sudo Make Me a Sandwich Robot

Project 3. Networked Geiger Counter

Project 4. Glass Block LED Matrix

Project 5. Bronze-Melting Blast Furnace

Project 6. Milkymist VJ Console

Project 7. White Star Trans-Atlantic Balloon

Project 8. Twitter-Monitoring Christmas Tree

Space Details

The Project

Project 9. Live Wire Go Game

Project 10. Hack Signal

Project 11. TARDIS Photobooth

Project 12. Interactive Space Invaders Mural

Project 13. Telepresence Robot

Project 14. The Polyplasmic Arcophone

Project 15. DIY CNC Router

Project 16. LED Matrix Gaming System

Project 17. MAME Cabinet

Project 18. Book Scanner

Project 19. OpenDuino

Project 20. Project-a-Sketch

Project 21. Power Racing Car

Project 22. Party Land Pinball Game

Project 23. Store Front Music

Project 24. Wheelchair Robot

Do It Yourself

Hackerspeak

Index

Project 8. Twitter-Monitoring Christmas Tree

Curious to see what topics were trending on microblogging site Twitter, Brooklyn hackerspace Alpha One Labs built a Christmas tree with ornaments that lit up whenever keywords relating to Christmas or their hackerspace popped up.

Credit: Alpay Kasal/Supertou.ch

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