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Exotic greens and fishes instant delivery by rural makers!
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Terra Neeru

abhinavnowinewabhinavnowinew

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A better human computer interface. A wearable sensor suit for controlling stuff using SEMG and body movement.
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SynthaSense Suit: Control Stuff With Your Muscles

casual-cyborgCasual Cyborg

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A method for storing large amounts of energy for very little money.
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Alternative Energy Storage

shawnShawn

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Provide real-time, visual feedback of key metrics from your kitchen faucet.
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SinkGauge

mordecaiMordecai

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Owlie is a blind guiding device which provides hand free option to a stick and is more user friendly compared to other similar devices.
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Blind guiding device (Owlie)

debbie-leungDebbie Leung

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Cheap and easy to replicate internet connected PM2.5/PM10 monitor allowing you to check air quality inside and around your house.
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Cheap and simple air quality monitor

kk

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Hammering your way through space
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Thor Space Propulsion

cyplesmacyplesma

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how you can make this cool looking radar using the Arduino Board and the Processing Development Environment
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Make a Radar Station with Arduino and Processing

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Imagine all your favorite phone gadgets in ONE!!!!!
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The Ultimate Phone Case

cody-fangCody Fang

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The goal is to build a tiny autonomous sailboat able to travel potentially forever, powered using solar panels and wind.
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Green powered sailboat

silvio-biasiolsilvio biasiol

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I attempted this in 2015 and failed hard, coming back I know what I did wrong and how to fix it. MAKE A STACK!
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Platinum Free Fuel Cell

mechanicusMECHANICUS

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Building an inexpensive (as close to free as possible) workstation based on the Raspberry Pi 3
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Raspberry Pi 3 based workstation

solenoidSolenoid

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Two wheels, one ESP module, one Microcontroller and some sensors.
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small easy to use Roboter

alexAlex

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On-camera image processor to detect and count the number of passengers
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ProCAMS - Automatic Passenger Counter

shantiShanti

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Electronic drums for Linux
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eXaDrums

jeremyJeremy

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Using Python to programmatically design laser-cuttable enclosures and cases.
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py2scad | Programmatic 3D CAD with Python and SCAD

acrobotic-industriesACROBOTIC Industries

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Heart to Heart is a glove that sends messages through various handshakes and gestures enabling you to "talk" without speaking
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Heart to Heart

elaine-cheungElaine Cheung

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A device to create a digital data output for analog sensors and instruments, on temporary and permanent setups.
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Instrument Digitizer using Computer Vision

egarEgar

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Motion-based instrumentation and collaboration using Pebble smartwatch and mobile devices
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Garden

jeremy-karbowskiJeremy Karbowski

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A Raspberry PiZero based mobile router with wireless storage and memory expansion capability
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Pi-Fi Drouter

fadilluqumanfadilluquman

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Cheap, nondestructive atomic analysis in real time.
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Chymes

a-m-aitkenA. M. Aitken

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A simple USB silicon pin photodiode based laser power meter
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Open Source Laser Power Meter

b-a-bryceB. A. Bryce

166
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A system to operate the Clutch on a car for a Disabled Person.
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Powered Clutch (Hand Controlled) for Disabled

charles-d-stutzmanCharles D Stutzman

790
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Let's add IoT to e-NABLE assistive devices.
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e-NABLE Phone Home

les-hallLes Hall

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