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		<title>DIY LED Projects for Geeks</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/11/06/diy-led-projects-for-geeks/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you remember these things? That was the amateur geek electronics project of the 1950s and 1960s. For younger kids, there is also the more recently developed Snap Circuits, which are pretty good and fun until you are about 8. But today, with inexpensive microcontrollers like the Arduino and small computers like the Raspberry Pi,and &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/11/06/diy-led-projects-for-geeks/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">DIY LED Projects for Geeks</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arduino Project Handbook Volume 2</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/14/arduino-project-handbook-volume-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arduino Project Handbook, Volume 2: 25 Simple Electronics Projects for Beginners is a followup of the previously reviewed Arduino Project Handbook (volume 1). Like the previous volume, Volume II is for people first exploring the world of homemade DIY microcontroller fun. The idea is very simple. An Arduino is the same sort of device that &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/14/arduino-project-handbook-volume-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Arduino Project Handbook Volume 2</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Just got Makey Makey, in search of a banana &#8230;</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/18/just-got-makey-makey-in-search-of-a-banana/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just got this Makey Makey kit (which, by the way, is on sale at the link provided, at this moment). A Makey Makey is a device that allows a do-it-yourselfer to create a closed loop electrical signal, that the Makey Makey device converts into a specific serial signal that is sent via USB to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/18/just-got-makey-makey-in-search-of-a-banana/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Just got Makey Makey, in search of a banana &#8230;</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arduino Inventor&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/15/arduino-inventors-guide/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First, a word about Arduino and why you should care. An Arduino is what is called a &#8220;prototyping micro-controller&#8221; aka &#8220;really fun electronic gizmo toy.&#8221; Micro-controllers are everywhere. When you &#8220;turn on&#8221; a machine in your house, chances are there was already a micro-controller sitting there, running on a minute bit of juice from a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/15/arduino-inventors-guide/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Arduino Inventor&#8217;s Guide</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lego Technic Builder&#8217;s Guide</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/11/25/lego-technic-builders-guide/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder&#8217;s Guide by Pawet &#8220;Sariel&#8221; Kmiec (Second Edition) tells you how to build machines, models, robots, etc. that will work. You need to construct these things in a way that ensures they won&#8217;t easily fall apart, and that requires a certain amount of engineering. There are some fairly expensive and specialized &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/11/25/lego-technic-builders-guide/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lego Technic Builder&#8217;s Guide</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Electronics for Kids: Great new book for kids and their adults</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/03/electronics-for-kids-great-new-book-for-kids-and-their-adults/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2016 02:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The simplest project in the new book Electronics for Kids: Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity! by Øyvind Nydal Dahl is the one where you lean a small light bulb against the two terminals of a nine volt battery in order to make the light bulb turn on. The first several projects in &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/03/electronics-for-kids-great-new-book-for-kids-and-their-adults/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Electronics for Kids: Great new book for kids and their adults</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>DIY drinking tips, personal jet pack, custom fit earbuds, and a pocket theremin</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/17/ultimate-diy-porn/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230; the perfect gaming chair, converting a Roomba into a security robot, removing a stripped screw with a rubber band, making a radio out of spare parts from your junk drawer, building your own lie detector machine, making a Steampunk Laptop, using the back of your monitor as a desktop, tricking out your bike, and &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/17/ultimate-diy-porn/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">DIY drinking tips, personal jet pack, custom fit earbuds, and a pocket theremin</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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