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Crowdfunding the Open Enigma Project

An Enigma machine refers to a family of related electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines used in the 20th century for enciphering and deciphering secret messages.

The original Enigma was invented by the German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. According to Wikipedia, early models were used commercially from the early 1920s, although they were later adopted by a number of…

Washing your clothes in the cloud

Cloudwatch, designed by the folks at Berg, is a prototype washing machine (based on a modded Zanussi) connected to a web platform.

As PSFK’s Serena Chu reports, the futuristic washing machine allows users to remotely program wash loads and even purchase detergent – all with a simple mobile app.

“To test out how appliance connectivity can enhance our home living, the…

Sven and Juho are working to perfect a custom ECU (electronic control unit) for diesel engines using an Atmel-based Arduino Mega (ATmega1280).

“[Hobbyists often] take the engine from a newer car with a modern direct injected diesel engine, with all the cables, sensors and motor controller and adapt it to their beloved old car. A ‘new’ electronically controlled engine is used to replace the old…

Lasse Munk and Søren Andreasen have created a musical typewriter that transforms ordinary sentences into sound. 

Known as D.O.R.T.H.E (short for Danish Orchestra of Radios Talking and Hacked Engines), the platform is constructed out of old, discarded…