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f.lux, but for your house — Whole-House Circadian Lighting
Tyler Cipriani's guide to implementing whole-house circadian lighting via Home Assistant — warm amber light in the evening, bright cool light in the day, all automated. f.lux for every bulb in your house.
DIY Drawer System Plans for the 5th Gen 4Runner
Trail 4Runner's step-by-step DIY plans for building a dual drawer storage system for the 5th gen 4Runner. Cut your own plywood, add drawer slides, save money vs. commercial options while getting a fully custom fit.
Maker Faire 2013
Personal photo from Maker Faire 2013 in San Mateo. Maker Faire was the annual gathering of the hardware hacking, DIY electronics, and maker culture community — a 2013 snapshot of the scene before maker culture went mainstream.
DIY Bioprinter Lets Wannabe Scientists Build Structures From Living Cells
Wired's coverage of a DIY bioprinter at BioCurious, the Sunnyvale community biology lab — a modified inkjet that deposits living cells to build tissue-like structures. A 2013 glimpse of the Maker movement crossing into synthetic biology.
How to Convert a Computer ATX Power Supply to a Lab Power Supply
WikiHow guide for converting a surplus ATX PC power supply into a benchtop lab power supply — a classic maker hack that gives you multiple regulated DC voltages (3.3V, 5V, 12V) for cheap. Saves $30–$100 over a commercial lab supply and repurposes e-waste.
DIY Bioprinter: CD Drives + Arduino + Inkshield at BioCurious
A tweet from @PatrikD showing a DIY bioprinter built from two old CD drives, an Arduino, and an Inkshield at BioCurious. A snapshot of the early DIY biology movement using salvaged hardware to replicate lab-grade biotechnology.
10 Things to Make With Your 3D Printer
Wired's 2012 roundup of 10 things to make with your 3D printer — dinosaur bones, DNA models, space shuttle parts — captured peak MakerBot era optimism. A snapshot of when consumer 3D printing was still novel enough that 'you can print that' was genuinely exciting.