Miscellany
Hard Drive Coffee Table
The Hard Drive Coffee Table is built from an original 26 inch diameter hard drive platter from an early storage device circa 1950s or 1960s. [ continue ]
DEFCON 15 Badge
The DEFCON 15 Badge was created for the 2007 edition of DEFCON, the largest and oldest continuously running hacker and computer security convention in the world. The badge uses active electronics and an artistically-designed circuit board, as opposed to the more common conference badge approach of plastic or paper, and provides intentionally “open” circuitry to allow attendees to experiment with and modify the badge to their liking. [ continue ]
RoboFlush
RoboFlush: The Automatic Toilet Flusher is a quick-and-dirty hack to solve a nagging problem with a toilet that requires its handle to be held down for the entire flush cycle. Although this common issue could have been repaired with standard plumbing techniques, an electronic solution was more interesting. [ continue ]
Atari K-9
The Atari K-9 is a case modification and art installation created to pay homage to Joe Grand’s first personal computer, the Atari 400 8-bit home computer, and one of his earliest pieces of software programming. It is a simple, non-intrusive reminder of home computing’s early days and was designed to stay consistent with Atari products of the era. [ continue ]
Circuit Board Night Light
The Circuit Board Night Light was created from six non-functioning DEFCON 14 Badges. [ continue ]