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All of us have an item go missing on occasion. If you find your self looking for something more than using it, these trackers might be just right for you. — Douglas Kingcenton tracker The Kingcenton Bluetooth tracker will enable you to find your things whilst in Bluetooth range of the app. It will also record the last location of your item through its smartphone app. Read Smallest GPS and Bluetooth trackers and finders via Social Business Blog RSS | ZDNet Find more bluetooth and GPS trackers on Amazon An interesting link found among my daily reading

Twitter is a wonderful communication and social media platform. It has everything: breaking news, political opinion, humor, celebrities, entertainment, special interest chat, and, well, anything. Individuals, companies, departments, projects, and more—really anyone or anything—can have a Twitter account. Some Twitter accounts are not even run manually by a person or a group of people—they’re automated bots. It’s very simple to write a Twitter bot using Python—and a Raspberry Pi is the perfect tool to run the code; rather leaving a PC or laptop switched on permanently, you can leave your Raspberry Pi running 24/7 and hardly any power will be used. That said, if you don’t have a Raspberry Pi, most of this tutorial will still work for you on a PC. Read Make your own Twitter bot with Python and Raspberry Pi #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi via Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! Learn more about Raspberry Pi and Components Get Raspberry Pi Boar

This would see such a cool conversation piece in the workshop…or even at home! — Douglas As seen on Make:, Barton Dring wanted to make something interesting to bring to a hardware meetup, along with learning more about the Grbl Arduino machining package. What he came up with was a pair of drawing robots that are both small enough to fit inside of a backpack, and are used to decorate coasters! The first of these projects, known as “Coasty,” employs a laser to mark, or even cut, square coasters. They are fed in from the side, then pop out again with a new pattern. Read Small CNC machines for customizing coasters via Arduino Blog Leanrn more about Arduino with these books and parts Arduino Boards and Components via Amazon Arduino Boards and Components via eBay An interesting link found among my daily reading

I have been looking for something like this so I could automate all the infrared devices in the house along with the smart switches and bulbs I have now. — Douglas Don't buy a universal remote, make one. It's cheaper, funner, universal-er, kind of, and you get to learn the ESP8266, kind of. Read Web-Based Universal Remote for Under $4 (Probably) via Hackster.io ESP8266 Boards from Amazon.com An interesting link found among my daily reading