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''Add your hacks here by requesting an account on this Wiki from edward.edmondson@port.ac.uk and add your summary and links here. Images, repos, live demos are all encouraged!'' | ''Add your hacks here by requesting an account on this Wiki from edward.edmondson@port.ac.uk and add your summary and links here. Images, repos, live demos are all encouraged!'' | ||
− | '''Cup Orrery (or how I learned to stop coding and love making an exoplanet detector with littleBits)''' | + | |
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+ | '''Cup Orrery (or how I learned to stop coding and love making an exoplanet detector with littleBits)''' by Edward Gomez and Robert Simpson | ||
+ | [[File:IMG_2376.jpg]] | ||
Made of two parts. First, a littleBits orrey consisting of an LED 'star' and rotating cup planet system. Then a light sensor attached to a digital readout and an optional sound readout too. | Made of two parts. First, a littleBits orrey consisting of an LED 'star' and rotating cup planet system. Then a light sensor attached to a digital readout and an optional sound readout too. | ||
Blog post to follow soon - will put link here. | Blog post to follow soon - will put link here. | ||
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+ | '''Slicing and dicing the UK''', by Kyle Willett (and suggested by Geert Barentsen) - Voronoi-tessellated maps of the US and UK by astronomy degree-granting institutions and local astronomy clubs. Made with some text scraping and rendered in d3. Full post and code to follow. | ||
+ | [[File:voronoi_us.png|300px]] [[File:voronoi_uk.png|200px]] |