Toorcamp: Kelp Horns
[Ari] and Jake from Noisebridge were out on the beach at Toorcamp when they saw some giant kelp and had an idea. Using a pocketknife, [Ari] cut a mouthpiece into the stem and cut the bulb in half....
View ArticleToorcamp: The Church of Robotron
“Only 72 years until the Robotrons conclude that the human race is inefficient and must be destroyed. Only the mutant produced by a genetic engineering accident can save us now!” –Church of Robotron...
View ArticleToorcamp: Nibble Node.js Widget
The hardware hacking village at Toorcamp provided space and tools to work on hardware. It was interesting to see what hardware hacks people had brought to work on. One example is [Owen]‘s Nibble...
View ArticleToorcamp: The Tesla Gun
We discussed [Rob]‘s Tesla Gun in the past. At that time, the build looked very impressive, but had not been fired yet. Fortunately, [Rob] got the device working and brought it to Toorcamp. He took...
View ArticleHackaday Links: August 24, 2014
Remember those ‘cocktail’ arcade cabinets? The Ikea Lack table has existed for years, so why not make one into an arcade table? Raspberry Pi with RetroPie as the brains, and an ancient 4:3 monitor as...
View ArticleHackaday Links: April 2, 2017
Toorcamp registration is open. It’s June 20-24th on Orcas Island, Washington. Hey, you. The guy still using Mentor Graphics. Yeah, you. Siemens has acquired Mentor Graphics. CNC knitting machines are...
View ArticleZach Archer: Live Coding 500 Watts For ToorCamp
ToorCamp is a five-day open air tech camping event held every two years somewhere around the northwest corner of Washington state. Think of it as something like Burning Man, except you can survive for...
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