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Experimenting with Electric Paint

Just recently I got my hands on some electrically conductive paint and decided to put it to the test. It functions well for creating resistive elements like custom potentiometers, and also seems to work really well for capacitive touch elements. At the end of the video I painted a small patch of it on the side of my monitor to add a touch button that can be programmed using a small Python script (included in the video description). Anyway, here it is:

LoRa IoT Network Programming | RYLR896

Hey everyone, so I just got some LoRa modules from REYAX to experiment with long range network applications and these things are so cool! So far I've made a long range security alarm, a button to water plants on the other side of my property, and some bridge code to interact with IP and BLE networks. Just thought I'd do a quick video update on this stuff: The module I wrote is part of the Espruino collection now:  https://www.espruino.com/RYLR I got these LoRa devices from REYAX:  https://reyax.com/products/rylr896/ They seem to only sell them on e-bay right now:  RYLR896

DIY Pumpkin Bluetooth Stereo

It's October and Halloween is my favorite holiday so to celebrate I built this Jack-o-lantern Bluetooth stereo out of a real pumpkin. It sounds great and should be really easy to scare people with (nobody expects the Jack-o-lantern to talk to them). Check it out: