Hardware / Engineering
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Merciful Mirror
Does this dress make me look fat? Merciful mirror will deliver the truth to you, and more. Honesty is the best policy and you will always get the truth – and truth sometimes hurts. Created by team Merciful Mirror: Neeraj, Nicholas, Angus, Hayden, Anish, Hamish, all Terrible Hackers
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Whack-a-phone
We’ve actually had time to make two different projects, both of which revolve around violence (because violence is clearly the answer). Our first and main project is a mechanism that releases a hammer which smashes your phone if you spend more than 5 minutes on your phone. The inspiration came from the pomodoro techniques where…
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A Christmas “Miracle”
What does it do? A machine that decides whether a child is naughty or nice and dispenses a gift (or not) to them. What inspired you? It’s coming up to Christmas 🙂 Why is it the best or worst thing? It can give some impractical gifts (e.g. transparent playing cards, unbalanced spinning tops) Created by…
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Amazon Smart Kettle
Editor’s note: this one went all out on audio, make sure to listen to some of the ads below! The Amazon Smart Kettle is the latest in smart home appliance technology! It boils water at a level of efficiency you’ve never seen before… as long as you pay the subscription service. Otherwise, it’s a useless…
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SHTFY
We are SHTFY – a team with the common goal of providing you with a place to find solutions to all the problems you didn’t you that you didn’t have! At SHTFY we are committed to making problems harder and more expensive for everyone! We are an e-commerce website that sells products and services to…
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World’s longest top hat
Not a very good project – by Zac Sadly the real worlds tallest hat is somewhat longer, but we can probably claim tallest top hat in Auckland? Really, this one isn’t the best project, but it had a hidden microphone for presenting duct taped inside it, and that worked pretty well.
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Strapping a tattoo gun to a blind robot
Strapping a tattoo gun to a blind robot It kind of is just what the title suggests. What happens when you put a tattoo gun on a robot arm and try to convince it to tattoo people? Not good things, apparently. CNC Tattoo Machine – by the Not Tattooists
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Sleep is a Crime™️
Johnny made it to his 8am lecture running on 3 hours of sleep and zero caffeine. He’s nodding off and not paying attention to what the lecturer’s saying. If only Johnny had Sleep is a Crime™️ — the automatically-firing trebuchet that only deactivates if you’re awake to press the button. If you nod off and…
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Mist Opportunity
Our brand spanking new product called “The Mist Opportunity” cuts out the useless fluff that comes with regular irrigation systems! The Mist Opportunity comes with two incredible modes. The first mode solves a big problem with regular sprinklers – they are always on! What an absolute waste of water! So now, the first mode of…
