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• Happy Hour watches open bottles, doors unto new worlds (video)
  Published: March 10, 2010
  Source: Engadget
  

  Ready for your daily dose of ingeniousness? That word is actually real, and so is the Happy Hour Timepiece -- a watch that doubles as a bottle opener, because as the tagline reminds us, "it's 5 o'clock somewhere." It has just become available to buy from Time Tap's website, and its black leather-strapped awesomeness can be yours for $49.95. Click past the break to see video of it being demonstrated as well as a shot of the watch face itself -- it even has dual digital and analog time displays, so much value!

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• The Cadence 4-Bit Binary Is Stylish and Uncharacteristically Readable
  Published: March 10, 2010
  Source: FashionablyGeek
  My Note: heather, anniversary. kthx

  

  Unlike other trendy binary watches you might find on the market, the Cadence 4-Bit is elegant looking and readable—even to the layman. In fact, you may be able to learn a thing or two about binary using this watch. Plus, it’s only $99 if you pre-order before the June release.

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• Electric cupcakes
  Published: March 7, 2010
  Source: MAKE Magazine
  My Note: heather. please make these for the hackathon

  

  Several years ago, my then science department head and former 9th grade science teacher was retiring. Bob Webster brought me many useful and entertaining ideas. He had our whole department making wikis to share information in the early 00's. Through him, I learned more about computer repair, web design, programming and electricity. He helped me to cultivate a positive environment encouraging kids to work with and understand concepts that many find intimidating. So what to bring to his party? Electric Cupcakes, of course!

  The cupcakes themselves were a standard, dairy free affair, with rice milk substituted for cow milk and margarine for butter. The frosting was also made without butter, and tinted with food coloring. On top I coated them all with a neutral white frosting. Next came the fun part - schematic symbols. Looking around, I found a good set of example symbols in the Chaney 33 in 1 Electronics Kit workbook.

  It was a fun project, and a few people at the party noticed the symbols on the cupcakes. Taking pictures of them at the time and sharing them in the MAKE Flickr pool helped create a record of these geeky perishables from days gone by. Designs like this would be neat to try with the Makerbot and its' Frostruder attachment.

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  • Scientific cookie round-ups
  • Vector graphic schematic symbols
  • FrostBot - a CNC robot for frosting cookies
  • Frostruder MK2

  
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