Page-turning book scanner roundup
[Daniel] at diybookscanner.org posted a roundup of the best automatic book scanner builds to date. A lot of the comments on our last coverage of book scanners were summed up by [Spork] with, “No...
View ArticleBook Scanner Kits now available
[Daniel Reetz] wants you to be able to scan books. This has been a goal of his for quite some time, and now he’s bringing a kit into play. We’ve always liked book scanners here, many of us have...
View ArticleDMG Lib: Digital Mechanism and Gear Library
Reader, [klemens], suggested DMG Lib to us when we posted about a similar site. DMG-Lib is an amazing source of information. It’s primary downside is that a great portion of the text is in a language...
View ArticleBilbio-mat is an awesome yet simple used book vending machine
You’ll find this used book vending machine at The Monkey’s Paw in Toronto, Canada. For two Loonies you can buy a random book from the machine’s hopper. Silly? Absolutely. But as you can see from the...
View ArticleHand bind your own books
This guide will show you how to bind books by hand. The process from start to finish isn’t very difficult as long as you follow each step along the way. The final product looks great, and we can’t...
View ArticleMaking a Bathymetric Book by Hand and Searching for an Easier Way
We first saw this Bathymetric Book at our local hackerspace, Sector67, quite some time ago. [Caroline Rose] gave a seven minute presentation on the project as part of the monthly meeting which is open...
View ArticleGutenberg Clock Keeps Time by Reading Books
We’ve seen a wide variety of hacks that keep time, but [ch00f]‘s latest build takes a new spin on counting the seconds. The Gutenberg Clock keeps time by reading books on a scrolling LED screen. The...
View ArticleMIT Researchers Can Read Closed Books (and defeat CAPTCHA)
Ten years ago, MIT researchers proved that it was possible to look through an envelope and read the text inside using terahertz spectroscopic imaging. This research inspired [Barmak Heshmat] to try the...
View ArticleThe New York Public Library Built a Reading Railroad
What’s the best way to quickly move books from a vast underground archive to the library patrons who want to read them? For the New York Public Library (NYPL), it used to be an elaborate conveyor belt...
View ArticleDIY Bookshelf is More Than Meets The Eye
It might surprise you, Dear Reader, that not every project featured on Hackaday needs to pulsate with LEDs, or update the world about its goings-on over Twitter. They don’t even, contrary to what you...
View ArticleIt’s 1984, And You Can’t Afford A Computer. Never Mind, Have This Pop-Up...
It’s an oft-derided sentiment from a Certain Type of Older Person, that the Youth of Today don’t know how lucky they are with their technology. Back when they were young they were happy with paper and...
View ArticleThe Truth is in There: The Art of Electronics, the x-Chapters
If you’ve been into electronics for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly run across the practical bible in the field, The Art of Electronics, commonly abbreviated AoE. Any fan of the book will...
View ArticleA Lockdown Brightened By A Library Of Vintage Usborne Books
Lockdown is boring. No, let’s emphasize that, lockdown is really boring. Walking for exercise is much less fun than it was last year because it’s a wet and muddy February, and with nowhere open, a rare...
View ArticleUnique Pomodoro Timer Displays Quotes While You Work
[zorbash] came up with a great side project while designing a way to read notes and highlighted sections from e-books without having to use Good Reads or the Amazon tool: build a gadget to display a...
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