Secrets of Making a Successful Product on Tindie

August 23, 2018August 24, 2018 fustinitindieLeave a comment

From Cynthia Huang on the Tindie blog:

Secrets of Making a Successful Product on Tindie

Tindie has been a favorite platform for creative makers for quite some time now. Hundreds of thousands of hardware craftsmen, hackers, and enthusiasts gather here, share their ideas and create a lot of amazing products.

Three years ago Tindie published an article that used the tools of data science to look at what makes a product successful. It’s been a very popular article, providing insight to the inventors who build their communities of customers through Tindie. With so many new products and sellers since the previous article, we were inspired to dig into the numbers once again to determine if the criteria for selling a successful product on Tindie has changed over the years.

Snowy Owl PCB artwork

August 22, 2018August 23, 2018 fustiniartwork, PCB Art, tindieLeave a comment

Snowy Owl

Look at it. This snowy owl is so cute. You can choose add custom text or not.

When you choose the option of custom text, you can customize the snowy owl as follows.

Add a name or nick name (less than 16 letters) like “Mary” or “James”

Add a short message (less than 18 letters) such as “Happy Birthday!” or “Merry Christmas!”

Owl is amazing. It has super eyesight at night. Its feather structure makes its flight silent. It can turn around its head backwards.

I’d like something to be associated with “snow” and “north”. That is why I think of the snowy owl.

All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 2)

August 21, 2018August 22, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

There were so many amazing unofficial badges at DEF CON this year that I can’t possibly cover them all in one shot. I tried to see every badge and speak with every badge maker — like a hardware safari.

via All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 2) — Hackaday

A Motion Coprocessor Without The Proprietary Layer

August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

When you have a complex task that would sap the time and energy of your microprocessor, it makes sense to offload it to another piece of hardware. We are all used to this in the form of the graphics chipsets our computers use — specialised processors whose computing power in that specific task easily outshines…

via A Motion Coprocessor Without The Proprietary Layer — Hackaday

Circuit VR: A Tale Of Two Transistors

August 18, 2018August 20, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

Last time on Circuit VR, we looked at creating a very simple common emitter amplifier, but we didn’t talk about how to select the capacitor values, or much about why we wanted them.

via Circuit VR: A Tale Of Two Transistors — Hackaday

Breakfast at DEF CON — The Greatest Illicit Meetup of All

August 17, 2018August 20, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

Every year we host Breakfast at DEF CON on the Sunday morning of the largest hacker conference in the United States. I think it’s a brilliant time to have a meetup — almost nobody is out partying on Sunday morning, and coffee and donuts is a perfect way to get your system running again after…

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All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 1)

August 16, 2018August 15, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

Two or three years back you would see a handful of really interesting unofficial badges at DEF CON. Now, there’s a deluge of clever, beautiful, and well executed badges. Last weekend I tried to see every badge and meet every badge maker. Normally, I would publish one megapost to show off everything I had seen,…

via All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 1) — Hackaday

I Can Solder Badge on Tindie

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 fustiniken olsen, makersbox, soldering, tindieLeave a comment

From Bradley Ramsey on the Tindie blog:

Say it Loud and Proud With The I Can Solder Badge

When you take your first steps on the road to becoming a maker, one of the first skills you’ll need to master is soldering. It’s the backbone of just about every electronics project, but it’s not an easy skill to master. Don’t let the fear stop you, soldering opens up a lot of DIY projects for you.

With the I Can Solder Badge, you’ll not only learn the basics, but you’ll also have proof to show the world. This badge project is unique in that it also teaches you about circuits and includes a switch to save the battery power.

Included in the kit is a purple PCB manufactured in the USA by OSH Park, an RGB LED, a resistor, a switch, and a battery holder for the CR2032. Keep in mind that you’ll need to purchase the battery yourself as it cannot be mailed out with the kit due to USPS guidelines.

The Square-Inch Project Rides Again

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

Want to play a game? Your challenge is to do something incredible with a printed circuit board that measures no more than one inch by one inch. It’s The Return of the One Square Inch Project and it’s going to be amazing! We can’t believe that it’s been three years! The original One Square Inch Project was […]

via The Square-Inch Project Rides Again! — Hackaday

Car Hacking at DEF CON 26

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018 fustiniLeave a comment

A great place to get your feet wet with the data-network-wonderland that is modern-day automobiles is the Car Hacking Village at DEF CON. I stopped by on Saturday afternoon to see what it was all about and the place was packed. From Ducati motorcycles to junkyard instrument clusters, and from mobility scooters to autonomous RC […]

via Car Hacking at DEF CON 26 — Hackaday

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Secrets of Making a Successful Product on Tindie

Secrets of Making a Successful Product on Tindie

Snowy Owl PCB artwork

Snowy Owl

All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 2)

A Motion Coprocessor Without The Proprietary Layer

Circuit VR: A Tale Of Two Transistors

Breakfast at DEF CON — The Greatest Illicit Meetup of All

All the Badges of DEF CON 26 (vol 1)

I Can Solder Badge on Tindie

Say it Loud and Proud With The I Can Solder Badge

The Square-Inch Project Rides Again

Car Hacking at DEF CON 26