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> Next, they infused the wood with a tough transparent epoxy designed for marine use, which filled in the spaces and pores in the wood and then hardened

so they replaced the wood with epoxy, and called it wood. Like a car where you replace everything but the VIN so it keeps it's identity?

reminds me of the Aston Martin Bulldog concept from '79 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_Bulldog

crappier pizza, fewer jobs, fewer pizza chefs. boo. The past few years I have been making my own pizzas and think back to when I would eat frozen pizzas and just shake my head.

It's just adding toppings to pizza (and too much sauce!)... I was hoping to see how the dough preparation would be automated. I'm sure it could be done, but I would prefer a hand-made pizza. I enjoy making my own pizzas, and the dough/crust is what makes the biggest difference in a pie, and is the most interesting/fun to learn and experiment with.

this robot to me is just the next level up from the skittles sorting robots.

I assume you meant a lot _less_ romantic with the buckets... and yeah it mentions in the article that he removed the head and sink to plug any holes in the hull in an effort to make it less sinkable. luxuries I myself would prefer greatly over a bucket, but I am also amazed at the cleanliness and state of repair of the boat. All the clutter seems so unsafe to me on vessel of any size or type. Keeping things clean and in good working condition I think would do a great deal to make it less sinkable. I am impressed with the use of the raspberry pi and the unusual/free lifestyle the guy seems to lead.

I think “sites” fat-fingered with auto correction

they seem to be focusable with tab navigation, but there is no indication (dashed outline) of which element is selected. I was able to tab through and toggle the switches with the spacebar in Firefox.

Here in small-town BC, I buy local milk at a chain grocery store in glass bottles with a 2 dollar deposit. the clean empties can be returned at the checkout when buying your groceries. the milk is great and the bottle process works.

I think it's mostly the other (more expensive, and 'radical' changes to the milking process) challenges to do with keeping the cows with the calfs that were what killed this attempt.

Ladyada is the founder of Adafruit. Adafruit is a company that sells hobby electronics, micro controllers stuff of that nature. She has a bit of a following in that diy community from her articles and videos.

How about a towed sonar array?

Yes the foam in the helmet is supposed to shatter. Like OP's other points, this one is made up.

In my opinion, there wouldn't be a good reason. Maybe I can find your app directly in the app store, but what the 'Web provides is a human readable (and rememberable) address. Without it, you would need to search the app store or web search for [specific product/app name] (this assumes I learn about your product elsewhere and know that the app exists and how to get it).

I myself want to know as much as I can about an app before I download it, so would always check a website. I dislike ending up on a splash page with nothing but a screenshot of the app and a link to the app store. So I don't feel that any app for any device (or any product that you are trying to sell for that matter) would not benefit from an informative, accessible web presence. After all, I need to be sold on the idea of downloading the app. I confess I do prefer web over native app in most cases as a personal preference.

It is an interesting question, and the one my mind immediately went to upon seeing this. Because, yeah, I'm not seeing how this is a good idea for Taco Bell or anyone really. I will keep thinking about it and would be interested if anyone thinks otherwise.

I just don't understand why anyone would want to find the games. Is it just for the documentary? I'm sure there's all sorts of 'new old stock' in landfills all over the world. Stuff much more interesting than a [very] bad video game for a console very few of us still have.

I suppose it wouldn't surprise me if limited edition numbered authentic landfill ET cartridges were a sought after collectible in the near or distant future.

thanks! no, I don't have the models up on thingiverse, but I plan to put them up there and to document the build. I'd like to start documenting more of my builds as well. I'm going to work on promoting myself and my work better as it's something I've not spent much effort on recently.

I enjoy reading stuff like the original post here and am always looking for such content but so easily forget that I could be sharing my projects and methods... perhaps time to stop lurking so much :)

i've been reading Hacker News forever and just now created an account to share my project similar to this...

I built mine a couple years ago. I 3d printed most of the parts on a Makerbot Thing-o-matic. It uses 24 rare earth magnets built into the feet to attach to the door over the deadbolt. There is a 3d printed sleeve that slides over the deadbolt lever and turns with a servo.

A piezo sensor on the frame of the device detects knocks on the door. knock the correct pattern (shave and a hair cut, two bits, for example), and the servo turns the deadbolt.

It is easily modified with an ethernet sheild to be controlled with my phone when within range of wifi outside the house...

I still plan to do a proper write-up and share the source code and stl files for printing- i just havent gotten around to it yet. I've got a few other unique projects I'd like to share as well, I just need some time to organize some photos and info.

photo: http://now.oldman.ca/lib/img/bg/heimdall.jpg video (early test): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFRAlZB0Sw&list=UUl6Pnlqx1eh...