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[10 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 1,045 views]
The MAKERS Revolution

“A Thanks to Chris Anderson, Massimo Banzi, Dale Dougherty and the MAKERS of the new Industrial Revolution.
On March 9 in the Acquario Romano we heard testimonies of people, reality and Italian companies that have never stopped believing in innovation.
We like the stories of those who invest in their future without fear and looking to new technologies.
Just as we love the old craftsmen who know how to reinvent traditions. We know that it takes courage to get involved.
World Wide Rome has shown us that there are opportunities to do business.
No time to lose.
 We want this event would mark the beginning of something new.
We would like the genius of …

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[28 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 3,495 views]
The best ideas for projects from CES 2012

In january I had the opportunity to visit the CES 2012.
I found a lot of very interesting electronics products, but a lot of them are too consumer.
I think that the 40% was dedicated to cellular cover, headphone and other commercial devices.
A other 40% regarding smartphone, LED TV, computer and similar.
I went in Las Vegas to find new idea for projects, …

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[14 Dec 2011 | 5 Comments | 8,504 views]
DIY LED Plexiglass christmas decorations (PIC version)

Very few components, plexiglass and a CNC are the ingredients to make wonderful brilliant figures to decorate the Christmas tree or our house this Christmas and New Year. Let’s see how to do it.
With the LED is possible to do things that with the traditional sources of artificial light was not allowed, like signs and figures obtained by projecting in …

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[9 Nov 2011 | 6 Comments | 9,498 views]
IKEA lamp mod – STRÅLA

I love IKEA and her low cost products.
Last week I found this STRÅLA lamp.

The cost is $4.99, so I bought it.
Lighting the lamp I saw that it ‘s very pretty but also … too soft…

So I thought to modify the LED and add a RGB led.
With simple modify you can obtain a dinamic lamp.
I used an Arduino to do a fast work, but …