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		<title>Seriously Overengineered Mousetrap</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/seriously-overengineered-mousetrap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/seriously-overengineered-mousetrap/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jake Easton&#8217;s Better Mousetrap is electrically and pneumatically powered, weighs almost six pounds, features a key lock switch and a manual safety, and strikes with 102 pounds of force. I think they foleyed that crunching noise in the video, however. Sounds like a bag of Fritos, to me.]]></description>
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		<title>In the Maker Shed: Tiny Cylon Kit</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/in-the-maker-shed-tiny-cylon-kit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/in-the-maker-shed-tiny-cylon-kit/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tiny Cylon Kit, available in the Maker Shed, is a fun and easy to solder multi-mode LED Larson scanner kit. It features 5 red LEDs that blink or glow in various patterns. The Tiny Cylon uses an Atmel ATtiny 13 for its brains that comes pre-programmed with multiple LED sequences. It&#8217;s a perfect beginning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tony Cragg’s Dice Sculptures</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/tony-craggs-dice-sculptures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/tony-craggs-dice-sculptures/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sculptor Tony Cragg created this dice-covered sculptures for Paris&#8217;s FIAC art show, which took place in October. Love to see this style with d20s! [via Colossal; photo courtesy of Daniel Milliner]]]></description>
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		<title>Robot’s Wheels Transform Into Legs</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/robots-wheels-transform-into-legs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/robots-wheels-transform-into-legs/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, more accurately, they transform into &#8220;whegs,&#8221; which look like legs, but are driven like wheels and don&#8217;t, as a rule, have powered joints. Apart from sheer novelty value, the advantage seems to be that Quattroped is capable of high &#8220;road speeds&#8221; when it&#8217;s on a smooth surface and in wheeled mode, but can transform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Android Controlled Garage Door Opener</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/android-controlled-garage-door-opener/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/android-controlled-garage-door-opener/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relays can do cool stuff when you hook them up to the Internet. Check out XDA member JsChiSurf demonstrate his Android controlled garage door opener. Using an old Linux box connected to a serial relay, he&#8217;s able to toggle his garage door opener using a custom app from his Android handset. [via androidcommunity]]]></description>
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		<title>Test Tube Chandelier</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/test-tube-chandelier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/test-tube-chandelier/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Named in honor of Madame Curie (whose full name was Maria Sklodowska-Curie), the Maria S.C. chandelier from Polish designer Pani Jurek allows for all kinds of interesting end-user customization options. And it&#8217;s hard to imagine an easier remake. [via CRAFT]]]></description>
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		<title>Dug North’s Dremel Tips</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/dug-norths-dremel-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/03/dug-norths-dremel-tips/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the Make: Newsletter Special Edition (on Tips) that we sent out yesterday, MAKE pal, and automata artist, Dug North sent us a link to a piece he did on Dremel tips. The article is part of Dug&#8217;s Automata Tips, Techniques and Tricks, a series he&#8217;s doing on Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. 10: Carving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How-To: Hack a Surplus Plutonium Probe for Military-Grade Gamma Ray Detection</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/how-to-hack-a-surplus-plutonium-probe-for-military-grade-gamma-ray-detection/</link>
		<comments>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/how-to-hack-a-surplus-plutonium-probe-for-military-grade-gamma-ray-detection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/how-to-hack-a-surplus-plutonium-probe-for-military-grade-gamma-ray-detection/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The late unpleasantness in Japan has recently focused our attention on homemade radiation detectors. These are often lumped together under the term &#8220;Geiger counter,&#8221; but in fact there is more than one way to skin that particular cat. A &#8220;Geiger counter,&#8221; formally, is a radation-sensitive instrument that uses a Geiger-M&#252;ller tube to detect the tiny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Displaying Phone Video on an RGB LED Matrix</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/displaying-phone-video-on-an-rgb-led-matrix/</link>
		<comments>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/displaying-phone-video-on-an-rgb-led-matrix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/displaying-phone-video-on-an-rgb-led-matrix/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike from Nootropic Design (maker of the delightful Defusable Clock) bought a LED matrix from Adafruit and used it to display video from his Android phone, with the help of a SparkFun IOIO board and an Arduino. I used the OpenCV library to convert the video frames to 16×32 pixel resolution to match the LED [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Vacuum Forming with a Guy Fawkes Mask</title>
		<link>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/easy-vacuum-forming-with-a-guy-fawkes-mask/</link>
		<comments>http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/easy-vacuum-forming-with-a-guy-fawkes-mask/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><span property="dc:creator" resource="http://dev.squarecows.com/2012/02/02/easy-vacuum-forming-with-a-guy-fawkes-mask/">Ric_</span></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My German pal Aram Bartholl shows you the principles of vacuum forming with his homemade rig for churning out Guy Fawkes masks. The video takes you to 28C3 and other public venues where visitors customized their masks while learning the process. Aram&#8217;s machine uses a bike pump to suck out the air from the mold.]]></description>
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