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Continuing through the writing archive.

Year of Ideas · 3 min

Idea 049 - Cheap meals if you follow directions

A deal where diners get cheap meals if they finish a 10-restaurant challenge, review each place and file expense claims on time, betting most will not.

#Web#Ideas#Recipe
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Year of Ideas · 2 min

Idea 048 - The beat of the crowd - badge

A small six-LED badge that broadcasts a Bluetooth beacon every second and pulses faster as more badges come near.

#PCB#Ideas#LED#Sensor
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Year of Ideas · 3 min

Idea 047 - Weekly Scavenger Hunt

A fully automated global scavenger hunt that posts 15 random objects every Saturday at noon and ranks players by how fast they upload a photo.

#AI#Ideas#Web#Photo
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Year of Ideas · 1 min

Idea 046 - Cherry Blossom Timelapse

Time lapse videos of the cherry blossoms blooming in the park, shot on a GoPro, a Raspberry Pi camera and a Sony a6400.

#Video#Flowers#Ideas#Raspberry Pi#ESP32#Photo
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Year of Ideas · 5 min

Idea 045 - Spread your genes

An outdoor game where players scan each other's alien-looking QR glyphs to spread their DNA and create offspring.

#Ideas#Code#Web
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Year of Ideas · 3 min

Idea 044 - Bio Punk Conference badge

A conference badge with an animated electronic pet whose DNA mixes with another badge's pet when the two are connected.

#PCB#Conference#Ideas#LED#Sensor#Flowers
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Year of Ideas · 4 min

Idea 043 - BACnet MSTP Testing conference Badge

A sub-$10 conference badge for BACnet plugfest that works as both a BACnet server and client for testing equipment.

#PCB#Conference#Ideas#LED#JLCPCB#Sensor
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Year of Ideas · 1 min

Idea 042 - GPIO tester breakout board

An 8-position DIP switch breakout board for setting dev board GPIO pins high or low while testing.

#PCB#Ideas#KiCad
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Year of Ideas · 6 min

Idea 041 - BioPunks Garden

A screensaver-style game where you breed genetically engineered plants by combining DNA from different species, meant to be played over a year.

#Ideas#Security#Flowers#Tutorial
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Year of Ideas · 3 min

Idea 040 - Growth Commander - Tower defense

Idea: a tower defense game without towers, where you direct mutations and send your army out to gather food and fight enemies.

#Ideas#Code
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