" the system I'm Kevin Rose and today I'm here with still thrown from make magazine. And we're actually at the -- fair you get them written down stuff yes -- radio home. But we have something really coalition of people today there's some that that we actually can over the long time ago right most like about the Digg blending -- back on how we built this -- this community well we're in a conference and."

" Here talking about how we get people excited about building electronics and what would be a new way to get the Digg community. Who of course every story. Is that as a -- mod or something gets. Now a lot of people sauter do stuff with their hands and so we said well -- would be really need to build a real physical. Digg button and then make it an open source project for anyone -- packet -- And sell you know months later I'll decide neo and it is in the mail and you saw the the previews and here it is it's that big button."

" That's awesome so when you push the button the number obviously goes up by one says Doug says Doug yeah and this is cool because you know I find that when I going to RadioShack and I like to act like and know what I'm doing and I look around the different projects has always like me for ages eight attend I feel little bitterness to actually picking up one of those -- electronic kids but this is something cool that I can get into you as -- pretty easy to put together it looks like. And so let's don't want to that address. Right I'm here with one more from -- different I so tell me about -- I hadn't heard this before but I do you do open source projects so basically it's."

" Me and I design engineer kids and a -- projects. And some of them are for sale like that the kids some them aren't like the illegal cellphone -- and so these sorts of projects are. They're meant for people who never sauter foremost them are -- kids and I'm really excited when I see people who've never downtime -- four. Do -- for the first time they turn on in the works and like well this is awesome so. You know when we came up with the Digg button kit altogether I was excited to see all of thousands of people -- 100000 people every day. How the opportunity to -- tried -- any what's really cool is that you sold a few movies yeah so far I've got around 400 -- possibly get and we had that party in you know we actually had a soldering system just like this. People sat down. Songs they weren't too drunk they -- down and -- it like that in."

" And you'll with the geek party when you don't like the soldering irons are pulled out."

" I would -- an -- at the same time which can be dangerous I different angles area have like one hand on the -- testament if you can holding -- straight you -- some people we have now let."

" Maybe take this thing to get home due later Indiana has an idea cool so we have acute here and this is outcomes. And I'm gonna pull out the part it's not vulnerabilities. Affect you have to walk me through this -- that all right so I've got everything now let's get from what we have now outside of just a kid here. What type of tools do I need to to -- gallons okay."

" They've got our soldering iron. So there's actually a link on the website that is on the package is DR -- there's some suggestions on what science and you get them. Sinking it is it RadioShack for any hobby store accounts appointments and dollars for that when I suggested that one. You wanna stands because this way don't have it ruling on the table some people just on the table but I'm -- dangerous and we have cutters ticket for cutting a little wires left over so these are I also get these any -- little -- yeah -- That's a -- our love RadioShack brands late duty -- course sauter -- not she's plumber solder that's. Totally different channel actually the story electronics its electronics. I'm always confused about we know what type house soft like how do you know which wounded to pick for these kids like well actually -- second and they carry out a lot different ones now in this light duty -- sauter is perfect and you know it can't look at it like while -- that's this thick. And yeah his paper -- kind of -- pick up at this it'll say -- it somewhere safe for electronic isn't it also say down. You know -- California he talks can take chances are it's what Californians fortunately but. But also -- well if you are. If you'd like a multi leaders pretty handy and that's not having a sexist card if it's very simple drag and is a solder sucker so when you make -- mistake you can actually he's just to vacuum away sauter but hopefully won't need that we can. And then now finally the -- of famous -- in a holder okay so this is a really nice one young -- alone in this nice he can get one from any art historical the third hand move and it has to -- and I have seen those again. And it -- a magnifying glass of those like. Five bucks you can get them and they're great for everything so this electronics cool so for about thirty bucks and hearts are in in tools and in gig going and then you can use it for -- you know fixing your scary now are when you -- the iPod battery in curious how many ways. Barring any other in your blog -- I'll break this is that -- rules are actually essential the media okay so let's the government acts of personally is a -- arts and Tennessee department."

" Got that they're no so this is basically M a piece of fiberglass epoxy and that's all the wires are on it. And this means that we can just put the parts on in instead of having to solder -- wire between them no authority on the circuit ports you can see that there. This so thanks a lot easier yes this makes it a lot more foolproof mean. So the first thing Lauren -- on two. The device is. The Levys are reviewing cases sinner here with him so this is a triple segment Levy she can actually see is just like your alarm clock and it's got the three. And -- an -- brands -- like upside down her yup and one away and -- you can't put in backcourt is just will say okay. So you put it right over the picture. -- make you perfect right so now we've put it in their home that. Now we're ready -- so get your soldering iron turn it on and on for a while. Picture it's all hot don't think it's time to test its hot rentals people ask me that's -- that actually happen can do I don't do that okay okay. And then for -- honor you put the soldering iron -- next to it where you're soldering is useful here. And you've spoken with the sauter not tech."

" Is enough now. I've seen a lot of people try and kind of you know they get the -- on the iron first than than -- it on that's not -- technique what you want to do an in the real secret of how -- works is you want he had both -- part. And the circuit board at the same time and then. The -- mounts them together so that's a suggested. Way at sauter that you're touching."

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" It's too hot it can. Start melting or an email you'll definitely know when something's not gonna be black --"

" Now you just wiped off the southern man and a little have been so what did you do that -- before we set this up."

" It's at what had so usually when you by soldering iron you get a -- It's just fun she was sometimes it's it's actually copper mash and -- the government should -- what the sponges you do and when it does is it just. The result is little sponge Olsen would -- when you wait. Philip sauter group leftover sauter it's such -- careful so -- it -- southern clean to rent and cleanliness of caustic."

" Yes okay the next up are the resistance against passing the for a sister they you know said these are sisters are used to set the brightness of the LED content so. A lot of people who do do LED mindful will need -- for their computers will know that usually you have to get her sister. And you put the resistor. In series of the elite. Sets have brightness since these values -- picked to make that the battery lasts long not the same time for free to see I see now what if you didn't have is in place. I took the action would work at all we'll -- for like history connection if you put a piece of wire not there'd be so bright that the battery would last like two seconds and a disco pop and in either resist -- you need resisters if you want to be part you can you smaller sisters. If you want it to be -- you can -- larger ones but these ones actually we -- experimented with a whole bunch of values and and found that 47 ounces. The best value CC we. Put them around some of."

" So explain for people they don't know Steve what are on the outside of the LED here. And then for -- don't know exactly what a resistor is what does that actually doing."

" Well and resist there it actually resist that's what color is there and it's a piece of this is carbon film sometimes it's metal found. And basically what happens is that the carbon film has certain properties -- that when you try to put current through it. It resistant little bit and you put a voltage across it resistant little bit cell. You know if you have a large value to register that means it -- it more as that would make -- he had a very small value resistor or just -- some more energy more current would go through. And you get brighter -- gosh yeah. So how many are we putting him and so for they're -- more of them. For each of the only reason -- and actors these these are minor yet especially for -- but it is just -- Dotson and Middleton does count as another -- and -- the -- actually is -- T dot but it put it in their case somebody wanted to do a lot where they used the -- ill gotten into clock. So same thing we're gonna go through. -- each wire. So don't us attempt dissonant details at this point yet some people did that and that's okay if it works out for you but I prefer to sauter the whole thing in and then. I -- them now and I did all for a ladies at once because it. -- soldering but for some people you want careful when you have to deal or wants to do one time took -- and then. You just -- off these long tails. You can go pretty close to the board humans -- Not to be a close you don't mean the only thing it to worry about is you don't want details to be so long that they. Fly over -- something that not supposed to south congress for circuit and could it possibly and it you're -- that's okay we're gonna. Next up let's take the capacitor so that's -- yellow guy. And we don't suck capacitor is. Is it an electronic device when it does is it smoothed out. Voltage so. You know for example. When you turn it on certainly the -- and it's like this big spike of power and then we'll this sort of it kind of -- is that spike -- so it protects the electronics from. It that's sort of like a search for. Let your computer can what it's doing this board meant to put in here."

" And just like your sister solder each tale meant more. It's a tiny little capacitor and and -- seem much bigger yeah all of a very small circuit board sets of Haiti's small one if you open up your computer power supply you'll see us. Huge -- the site took care yes yet I just think the disposable cameras and take a part in the expose the wires and toss it to a friend and they try to use the camera you're shocked yes -- to the now I've never."

" That off on off on an object on -- next up is the button so okay and then this is basically this thing that you press. That you know makes it felt let's -- before you -- together -- button. Those -- is NASA and yes this. Easily decided those Hamptons. Yet because the -- this is snaps and it's not insecure it's still fall -- You know I do you know people who who use -- plug parts into those as white strip -- and M but they're really delicate unity to move it a little bit more room okay. Great we're almost -- next up is the micro controller -- brains. So this part is preprogrammed. At the different factory then and am. This is an eight bit micro controller it's about as powerful as AM a Mac plus it's not an -- Mac but there. Granite eight megahertz this little chip festive. I can't quite Apple's -- plus but basically. You can write -- code. Program in this ship and then it will do whatever it's told to do you know whenever it's -- power so you already done that you were originally code yet. But it's available online and it's it's open source and people can modify it. And upload new code to the chip so we can do different stuff to some people have actually done that. Any nutritionist -- characters. Or they've changed the message in on the web page to show how you can hack the firmware that's kind of fun because you -- if you've ever. Interstate you know how mod chips work these like the controllers to rent or how if you wanna pack. -- you know portable game stations and stuff they you know it's the same idea you go with the firmware -- lot of ice dancer is just a very inexpensive version that."

" So if if someone want to actually go and you know write their own code or modify the code and what are they gonna need to -- interface with this champ."

" Well. There are six had a care. And if you sauter to those pads and at that connect that to micro controller programmer and you can get one for 750 maybe he can build one yourself from. You know electronic parts at RadioShack. There's lots of free software from Mac and windows that allow you to. For and code firmware for these micro controller on the site links for that. An example of him."

" That's okay yourself accidentally happen -- ending this parallel I can't tell -- have one last piece to get out against the back home I'm guessing that -- back. Two batteries don't think the so it does require bulldozing enough music wanting an extra one does nothing -- running out of battery absolutely and and so we'll see who's faster either come into this that are -- you'll be -- homeless -- outside have to actually. This story it's -- tease in the pirate is to me it all within and settling in here to solder it gets hot. Doesn't less normal although their hands on I have and it sometimes in desperation to really bad idea. Notes when we just did it -- this isn't your average that you were using the same technique and you -- me. Yes and this is a surface mount. It pains go through the circuit boards -- well and that's a wholesome Drupal read this a centrist actually sits on top of the circuit board. So he's a different technique. But we do is we first put sauter but we also pilots -- onto the patent to get it already and then we keep that warm while we moved to peace and gadget and then we go back and solder the other -- it's connecting and glue it's pretty nice if he can't -- think of this is sort of out. Very hot hot glue and and it can acts but that's -- without cell let's I was using his abandonment. I you do when configured with a little hot stuff and then sound slightly in this part does. I mean often you know -- slid in with that pilots have the works moon mystery don't get to animate them in there yeah Al-Jazeera that's -- And again awesome. Well done."

" And so very cool now we should mention that the portion of the proceeds of this. Good the F yes because there's sometimes there's people who need support from the out I freedom foundation apps not sometimes let's say scan trouble authors blogs. And they need support from somebody in the -- Atlanta lawyers that'll go in there and and rescue you especially if you know you can't afford a -- provide Clark itself since we donate a dollar from -- to the F -- And hopefully we won't make it possible yes hopefully now what happens at the end -- EM like any kind of Easter day here well -- and I can't talk about you I don't have pressed the button."

" 909 and figure out what happened it's got anti ignited gaming technology of all let me dig path of the -- and usually the prototype I was -- like crazy denied."

" Well we decided that we made it too easy for people to game right down so we let you know. Sort of like you want to have like I keep blocking technology to rivals like post submit a story to laugh and same idea you can only vote once and for three seconds we do the same thing on Digg so I asked him."

" Okay cool things for help okay and going to your own kids and Elvis --"

" I -- all -- the month going on and I have I've seen the emails telling about this one here. Well this is this special plastic cover that you can get if you don't like the look of Rosser covert Alec Ross -- reports that you might want to have like more -- can wear this on a night on the town for its equipment and money did that who does that well I'll go into Medicare that if that this is actually cut with a high power laser at 35 lot of blue laser. So outside -- face plates wells has been done. We'll give a monster and you're seeing so of course yeah everything should be hardly speak writes -- savers or slippers sushi intensity she gets in everything exactly so -- you can on this to be powered by your computers that we have some interesting monsters that being used the power. People are taking these and making them wearable putting them on hats. Name you know necklaces you also have things like firmware monster change what's on there some people -- doing interesting things that guys assassin a photo -- for -- did electronic projects in mountain into his cubicle. And -- tonight he got in every single time some fixes computer you make surprised by the by the dep present help him out and I'd think me. So he's up to sentence out. And now he's going on our sites get my hands of the company that's in nice -- think so much for help we really appreciate you guys and abilities and actually -- them and let people have learned a little bit more ballot fronts it's awesome that so I was Tekzilla Daily I'm Patrick they're doing a little lot of their -- wants to with a guy going. This. Things -- so now we've got the history the Digg button. You're doing -- display. In display okay I'm gonna subtle difference between the -- you know that it's only got three wouldn't."

" And I personally think I'm more often than 999. So I know more other than 9999. Okay. But. Tell -- before here four digits four digits with the nice thing is that Feldman actually sells kits and 8063 and I know he's on in the past but you know hey you know what. Works from there's and a controller it's numbers it's numbers but NIC is there's a serial interface. Oh cool so basically the kid come to believe he displays a serial interface and you can multiple digits the other -- to hear well want to hear but to actually build very nice systems taking daisy chain them. As many as you want one right after the next ten you don't have to do any additional program and well look -- a program -- basically the first it is one to you and so on and access to the figures announced it appears happens when I think back on -- and got these post. That you just saw or from one into the next to the next to the next very nice and -- serious and I didn't think fancy even there. Now the last set of on the controllers when you're doing the controller for the crane game how do those things put together and -- about four hours to do have complete and for -- he digit about fifteen minutes for each one. You -- her past with. They're not bad it. They're they're fun this is a lot easier sodom and the in 83 to five or -- fifty six's so you get a serial to USB adapter that -- this from the display into the computer that's correct. But what we have to do is Matthews then dig API. Application programming interface and can you beat me to consume with -- candidate because at that. But the nice thing is -- that that they just recently released this. And let's say yeah -- that big dot com. As kindness. Very Oprah Winfrey to keep information from dating back as an XML file got it which is really easy for you program and make your own web applications where you want -- basically that's what reason for this. They have -- think of applications key which is is kind of cool things for did you do. Most people are required to register the application he'd get a serial number from them all that stuff is more open -- that takes more open that they just trust us you're gonna be honest about it. Might be their downfall. Patrick well in theory be users to basically -- everything that's going on the Digg page right. And I think they're -- is that people be honest about it and values it. And a way that what they they tracked you a little bit. Just -- not abusing it. That's say have to create some sort of identification for yourself that's correct like right now I'm using revision3.com. But that that's -- simple way to do it they should be able to Pakistan exactly I think. But what's on notice here is that when I actually sin just as long line here and with that has the story."

" Hiding in there it has my event in there and then have my application key and there what's your event. -- events is what I want to get back from the have a bunch of different things it's let me get back right now and keep. Keep adding more every day. Like I mean why would enforce the actual -- digs for at static there's other masterful on users and you know the last comment main on the user ought to have the stuff. And deal with that later we'll do that later but we're really is focusing on account. And that's all we're pulling back from them -- the story idea is the tricky part I spent some time over there offices. Asking understand this is really slick way -- can get the story -- And not the slick this way but it works if we go it is good yeah. If you go over there and you hover over a dig it whom you I was right down there in your status bar. It actually tells you the story I TGG 775. Exactly. So how do you get from the story number to display. Well what you can do isn't the first have to understand how the display get this information on the serial. And don't over the web so they -- demo software isn't code you can download and play with you don't and they got this nice little KASU -- test software. Which when you actually launch it. It shows you all seven things that you used to. And you had the different addresses you know 01234. -- stuff so what I could actually do here. As I can go and change that. To let's say a it big thanks. That it into an -- silently. So this is a great little program and if you look at the code ales and this is actually -- written in visual basic. Uh oh it's nice that instruction not a good programmer you're afraid of it I personally think visual -- since the start. I don't play -- Also free it's also for the express edition us. Which you'll notice that double ripped up Microsoft him. That horrible. Thing with her -- visual basic express for free oh it's plus there's continue you know sell. And a terrible. Now I will have that that you know that in -- that's but that's terrible and -- and terrible. How ever the thing that known as is that I'm really not that good visual basic. And I don't want to write a program and are being wrong things and -- people to the China market. So I can went out there and I asked them what people can help me out. And right and software -- right forming them. And guy by the -- James -- actually came men. And wrote a nice full program for us it's which is pretty cool actually wrote the program you actually went into it and really -- dissected it. Polite comments and there's some people know what's going on all those different things. And what I like to do with kind of show you very quickly the visual basic the project and how to kind of started the -- something. I'm in itself. This is basically this is the first thing people use we learned you know next hello world. -- it -- twenty. What -- you today. I can't program a way of a paper bag -- against it. Well that's a good place to start okay when I'm actually gonna do is load of this project. Which you know we have you know on the web -- the Nokia and all that stuff and actually play with a look at the code open. And you'll notice if you click on the main page yet Tim page I mean here. It looks and she just -- The program you know colossal bit later looks exactly like it's -- many functions all that stuff okay. And in short. What you can do you can go to view. Code it. There's all that raw code and everything we talked about. And it can -- throw it in routers that change is actually gone through and actually put a bunch of notes in the house of commons we were talking about all agree that we really won't comment the business yet he's been a lot of time I think he spent more time actually comment in his right. If it. So there's flooded here for you to figure out in the hall as I did this as I did this just happen things nice so it's a little harder than hello world. But a little bit easier than -- like three program got it. Itself so let's start."

" you download your free copy marks a little bit of 2005 express see here -- program visual basic is 21 days to sit down with -- she starts sort of where he went backwards for --"

" Exactly -- and I think it's a better way if you start with an -- rather than you know the tutorial hello world I think you'll learn a lot you probably. But now academic program here in short. You can always go too -- bug start debugging look at what it does is this is kind of you're very quick way to go ahead and launch it. And it launches the actual application for you. That's compile Angola next Q and no separate and it's okay so you can actually go in here check for errors it's really nice so router. We are actually looking at the -- controller James wrote me. And for those tools menu go to settings. This is where there's been a lot of time those kind of nice work on it. And down. But independent variables and here -- can have up to nine LA he's in this and I if you've got a million hits and a big page. From the very good day you have a very good at. Now he also did your -- search pattern in search her. -- have a big guy. Obviously and what happened is that he said well meet somebody else out there my -- is this for some other web sites. That."

" Maybe. If you say it openly use other non dig sites that use similar technology account may be. Votes on the story many of."

" Clothes or something like that but not so much I mean nobody goes in us. One can only one cannot help but it's all there has fault tree format -- has got all the that the your elf format it's before. And -- this story I have talked about got it and that's what we need to actually now. Okay you can. So I'm gonna come over here today and I want to hover over get that story -- wishes the 2227275. Okay. So we got the story -- and that's the way to go ahead and power cycled back to get rid of the a wonderful ping it could buy it. Recycled an announcement powers up and actually shows you the idea between those numbers 1234 nice that's nice little feature. So if we go into the program here. I -- that going to the settings. There's that teaches 775. To -- Houston Houston. That's correct. And now that Hong Kong to usenet com port at 52 intervals. Now will enable it. And is actually start checking that slow. In a second here what text text value updates -- 735. Dies so it's about thirty seconds off your -- that's kind of what. -- allowing right now over the API over the API data so that's pretty nice. It's heat and that's free and that's free now here's a cool feature that James actually put in here if you don't want to go out and buy these displays which -- want to see you do encounter something okay. -- the settings. Turn off the call ports. Click okay. And now I can minimize it down there. And many float over it will actually show you the -- Nice little simple features so cool if you submit a story don't have center -- an all time posters -- they get your system -- exactly didn't. Sweet princess what do we haven't talked about where you hit the giant plastic display. Well we actually have -- herself well kind of manner so who had done to me. Plastic shop in -- and ourselves and you know sheets cut them -- sixteen curly on the -- The taps exactly. And I would just ask for two of the opposing corners that you -- corner. Okay so that's what made nice -- that's -- meaning its laser -- we actually laser -- The back -- here and in the front -- can make individual thing moving quite see that on the camera. You know which is pretty nice and we actually went down -- labs and then issues they're laser -- down there and it was great news. Awesome silliness let's walk in marriage is that here you go going to tell you squid labs yes for lab with -- Now. But. That's really -- all you know Home Depot perhaps part hasn't done."

" And I -- isn't telling these agents sandwich together some just drill a hole put some parts together and that's all it takes. -- was a pretty easy to -- everything the other it's really easy to nothing has glued in this this just held together by the bolts in the corners that's a good thing and it's pretty robust so it hangs on a wall really easily. And what we're actually gonna see if it that it."

" And really don't want to break the date displayed content and we -- very carefully put this back on display without shorting any thing."

" The entertainment analyst Larry you know. Now we're actually do with this is -- and that's over at the big offices months. And we have the website we have called dig and -- button dot com. You're gonna need more than four digits it can happen. It will Woolsey tells me. But it's gonna we're hanging over there we're gonna have a little web cam on as the people can actually watch them dig the Digg button. Maybe capture something else going on in office we don't know yet you know that somebody moves kittens camera we don't know them. The one we are enough so James Taylor did -- heart squid labs. You know -- of course for the big API. And dig the Digg -- dot com and then the -- com. He's the man I'm Patrick Norton -- day roundup we'll see you next time on system."

" Jelly as the show ahead of -- forms at revision3.com. Let us know -- your idea not only is he sure wouldn't let him up on the show."

" the system I'm Kevin Rose and today I'm here with still thrown from make magazine. And we're actually at the -- fair you get them written down stuff yes -- radio home. But we have something really coalition of people today there's some that that we actually can over the long time ago right most like about the Digg blending -- back on how we built this -- this community well we're in a conference and."

" Here talking about how we get people excited about building electronics and what would be a new way to get the Digg community. Who of course every story. Is that as a -- mod or something gets. Now a lot of people sauter do stuff with their hands and so we said well -- would be really need to build a real physical. Digg button and then make it an open source project for anyone -- packet -- And sell you know months later I'll decide neo and it is in the mail and you saw the the previews and here it is it's that big button."

" That's awesome so when you push the button the number obviously goes up by one says Doug says Doug yeah and this is cool because you know I find that when I going to RadioShack and I like to act like and know what I'm doing and I look around the different projects has always like me for ages eight attend I feel little bitterness to actually picking up one of those -- electronic kids but this is something cool that I can get into you as -- pretty easy to put together it looks like. And so let's don't want to that address. Right I'm here with one more from -- different I so tell me about -- I hadn't heard this before but I do you do open source projects so basically it's."

" Me and I design engineer kids and a -- projects. And some of them are for sale like that the kids some them aren't like the illegal cellphone -- and so these sorts of projects are. They're meant for people who never sauter foremost them are -- kids and I'm really excited when I see people who've never downtime -- four. Do -- for the first time they turn on in the works and like well this is awesome so. You know when we came up with the Digg button kit altogether I was excited to see all of thousands of people -- 100000 people every day. How the opportunity to -- tried -- any what's really cool is that you sold a few movies yeah so far I've got around 400 -- possibly get and we had that party in you know we actually had a soldering system just like this. People sat down. Songs they weren't too drunk they -- down and -- it like that in."

" And you'll with the geek party when you don't like the soldering irons are pulled out."

" I would -- an -- at the same time which can be dangerous I different angles area have like one hand on the -- testament if you can holding -- straight you -- some people we have now let."

" Maybe take this thing to get home due later Indiana has an idea cool so we have acute here and this is outcomes. And I'm gonna pull out the part it's not vulnerabilities. Affect you have to walk me through this -- that all right so I've got everything now let's get from what we have now outside of just a kid here. What type of tools do I need to to -- gallons okay."

" They've got our soldering iron. So there's actually a link on the website that is on the package is DR -- there's some suggestions on what science and you get them. Sinking it is it RadioShack for any hobby store accounts appointments and dollars for that when I suggested that one. You wanna stands because this way don't have it ruling on the table some people just on the table but I'm -- dangerous and we have cutters ticket for cutting a little wires left over so these are I also get these any -- little -- yeah -- That's a -- our love RadioShack brands late duty -- course sauter -- not she's plumber solder that's. Totally different channel actually the story electronics its electronics. I'm always confused about we know what type house soft like how do you know which wounded to pick for these kids like well actually -- second and they carry out a lot different ones now in this light duty -- sauter is perfect and you know it can't look at it like while -- that's this thick. And yeah his paper -- kind of -- pick up at this it'll say -- it somewhere safe for electronic isn't it also say down. You know -- California he talks can take chances are it's what Californians fortunately but. But also -- well if you are. If you'd like a multi leaders pretty handy and that's not having a sexist card if it's very simple drag and is a solder sucker so when you make -- mistake you can actually he's just to vacuum away sauter but hopefully won't need that we can. And then now finally the -- of famous -- in a holder okay so this is a really nice one young -- alone in this nice he can get one from any art historical the third hand move and it has to -- and I have seen those again. And it -- a magnifying glass of those like. Five bucks you can get them and they're great for everything so this electronics cool so for about thirty bucks and hearts are in in tools and in gig going and then you can use it for -- you know fixing your scary now are when you -- the iPod battery in curious how many ways. Barring any other in your blog -- I'll break this is that -- rules are actually essential the media okay so let's the government acts of personally is a -- arts and Tennessee department."

" Got that they're no so this is basically M a piece of fiberglass epoxy and that's all the wires are on it. And this means that we can just put the parts on in instead of having to solder -- wire between them no authority on the circuit ports you can see that there. This so thanks a lot easier yes this makes it a lot more foolproof mean. So the first thing Lauren -- on two. The device is. The Levys are reviewing cases sinner here with him so this is a triple segment Levy she can actually see is just like your alarm clock and it's got the three. And -- an -- brands -- like upside down her yup and one away and -- you can't put in backcourt is just will say okay. So you put it right over the picture. -- make you perfect right so now we've put it in their home that. Now we're ready -- so get your soldering iron turn it on and on for a while. Picture it's all hot don't think it's time to test its hot rentals people ask me that's -- that actually happen can do I don't do that okay okay. And then for -- honor you put the soldering iron -- next to it where you're soldering is useful here. And you've spoken with the sauter not tech."

" Is enough now. I've seen a lot of people try and kind of you know they get the -- on the iron first than than -- it on that's not -- technique what you want to do an in the real secret of how -- works is you want he had both -- part. And the circuit board at the same time and then. The -- mounts them together so that's a suggested. Way at sauter that you're touching."

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" Now you just wiped off the southern man and a little have been so what did you do that -- before we set this up."

" It's at what had so usually when you by soldering iron you get a -- It's just fun she was sometimes it's it's actually copper mash and -- the government should -- what the sponges you do and when it does is it just. The result is little sponge Olsen would -- when you wait. Philip sauter group leftover sauter it's such -- careful so -- it -- southern clean to rent and cleanliness of caustic."

" Yes okay the next up are the resistance against passing the for a sister they you know said these are sisters are used to set the brightness of the LED content so. A lot of people who do do LED mindful will need -- for their computers will know that usually you have to get her sister. And you put the resistor. In series of the elite. Sets have brightness since these values -- picked to make that the battery lasts long not the same time for free to see I see now what if you didn't have is in place. I took the action would work at all we'll -- for like history connection if you put a piece of wire not there'd be so bright that the battery would last like two seconds and a disco pop and in either resist -- you need resisters if you want to be part you can you smaller sisters. If you want it to be -- you can -- larger ones but these ones actually we -- experimented with a whole bunch of values and and found that 47 ounces. The best value CC we. Put them around some of."

" So explain for people they don't know Steve what are on the outside of the LED here. And then for -- don't know exactly what a resistor is what does that actually doing."

" Well and resist there it actually resist that's what color is there and it's a piece of this is carbon film sometimes it's metal found. And basically what happens is that the carbon film has certain properties -- that when you try to put current through it. It resistant little bit and you put a voltage across it resistant little bit cell. You know if you have a large value to register that means it -- it more as that would make -- he had a very small value resistor or just -- some more energy more current would go through. And you get brighter -- gosh yeah. So how many are we putting him and so for they're -- more of them. For each of the only reason -- and actors these these are minor yet especially for -- but it is just -- Dotson and Middleton does count as another -- and -- the -- actually is -- T dot but it put it in their case somebody wanted to do a lot where they used the -- ill gotten into clock. So same thing we're gonna go through. -- each wire. So don't us attempt dissonant details at this point yet some people did that and that's okay if it works out for you but I prefer to sauter the whole thing in and then. I -- them now and I did all for a ladies at once because it. -- soldering but for some people you want careful when you have to deal or wants to do one time took -- and then. You just -- off these long tails. You can go pretty close to the board humans -- Not to be a close you don't mean the only thing it to worry about is you don't want details to be so long that they. Fly over -- something that not supposed to south congress for circuit and could it possibly and it you're -- that's okay we're gonna. Next up let's take the capacitor so that's -- yellow guy. And we don't suck capacitor is. Is it an electronic device when it does is it smoothed out. Voltage so. You know for example. When you turn it on certainly the -- and it's like this big spike of power and then we'll this sort of it kind of -- is that spike -- so it protects the electronics from. It that's sort of like a search for. Let your computer can what it's doing this board meant to put in here."

" And just like your sister solder each tale meant more. It's a tiny little capacitor and and -- seem much bigger yeah all of a very small circuit board sets of Haiti's small one if you open up your computer power supply you'll see us. Huge -- the site took care yes yet I just think the disposable cameras and take a part in the expose the wires and toss it to a friend and they try to use the camera you're shocked yes -- to the now I've never."

" That off on off on an object on -- next up is the button so okay and then this is basically this thing that you press. That you know makes it felt let's -- before you -- together -- button. Those -- is NASA and yes this. Easily decided those Hamptons. Yet because the -- this is snaps and it's not insecure it's still fall -- You know I do you know people who who use -- plug parts into those as white strip -- and M but they're really delicate unity to move it a little bit more room okay. Great we're almost -- next up is the micro controller -- brains. So this part is preprogrammed. At the different factory then and am. This is an eight bit micro controller it's about as powerful as AM a Mac plus it's not an -- Mac but there. Granite eight megahertz this little chip festive. I can't quite Apple's -- plus but basically. You can write -- code. Program in this ship and then it will do whatever it's told to do you know whenever it's -- power so you already done that you were originally code yet. But it's available online and it's it's open source and people can modify it. And upload new code to the chip so we can do different stuff to some people have actually done that. Any nutritionist -- characters. Or they've changed the message in on the web page to show how you can hack the firmware that's kind of fun because you -- if you've ever. Interstate you know how mod chips work these like the controllers to rent or how if you wanna pack. -- you know portable game stations and stuff they you know it's the same idea you go with the firmware -- lot of ice dancer is just a very inexpensive version that."

" So if if someone want to actually go and you know write their own code or modify the code and what are they gonna need to -- interface with this champ."

" Well. There are six had a care. And if you sauter to those pads and at that connect that to micro controller programmer and you can get one for 750 maybe he can build one yourself from. You know electronic parts at RadioShack. There's lots of free software from Mac and windows that allow you to. For and code firmware for these micro controller on the site links for that. An example of him."

" That's okay yourself accidentally happen -- ending this parallel I can't tell -- have one last piece to get out against the back home I'm guessing that -- back. Two batteries don't think the so it does require bulldozing enough music wanting an extra one does nothing -- running out of battery absolutely and and so we'll see who's faster either come into this that are -- you'll be -- homeless -- outside have to actually. This story it's -- tease in the pirate is to me it all within and settling in here to solder it gets hot. Doesn't less normal although their hands on I have and it sometimes in desperation to really bad idea. Notes when we just did it -- this isn't your average that you were using the same technique and you -- me. Yes and this is a surface mount. It pains go through the circuit boards -- well and that's a wholesome Drupal read this a centrist actually sits on top of the circuit board. So he's a different technique. But we do is we first put sauter but we also pilots -- onto the patent to get it already and then we keep that warm while we moved to peace and gadget and then we go back and solder the other -- it's connecting and glue it's pretty nice if he can't -- think of this is sort of out. Very hot hot glue and and it can acts but that's -- without cell let's I was using his abandonment. I you do when configured with a little hot stuff and then sound slightly in this part does. I mean often you know -- slid in with that pilots have the works moon mystery don't get to animate them in there yeah Al-Jazeera that's -- And again awesome. Well done."

" And so very cool now we should mention that the portion of the proceeds of this. Good the F yes because there's sometimes there's people who need support from the out I freedom foundation apps not sometimes let's say scan trouble authors blogs. And they need support from somebody in the -- Atlanta lawyers that'll go in there and and rescue you especially if you know you can't afford a -- provide Clark itself since we donate a dollar from -- to the F -- And hopefully we won't make it possible yes hopefully now what happens at the end -- EM like any kind of Easter day here well -- and I can't talk about you I don't have pressed the button."

" 909 and figure out what happened it's got anti ignited gaming technology of all let me dig path of the -- and usually the prototype I was -- like crazy denied."

" Well we decided that we made it too easy for people to game right down so we let you know. Sort of like you want to have like I keep blocking technology to rivals like post submit a story to laugh and same idea you can only vote once and for three seconds we do the same thing on Digg so I asked him."

" Okay cool things for help okay and going to your own kids and Elvis --"

" I -- all -- the month going on and I have I've seen the emails telling about this one here. Well this is this special plastic cover that you can get if you don't like the look of Rosser covert Alec Ross -- reports that you might want to have like more -- can wear this on a night on the town for its equipment and money did that who does that well I'll go into Medicare that if that this is actually cut with a high power laser at 35 lot of blue laser. So outside -- face plates wells has been done. We'll give a monster and you're seeing so of course yeah everything should be hardly speak writes -- savers or slippers sushi intensity she gets in everything exactly so -- you can on this to be powered by your computers that we have some interesting monsters that being used the power. People are taking these and making them wearable putting them on hats. Name you know necklaces you also have things like firmware monster change what's on there some people -- doing interesting things that guys assassin a photo -- for -- did electronic projects in mountain into his cubicle. And -- tonight he got in every single time some fixes computer you make surprised by the by the dep present help him out and I'd think me. So he's up to sentence out. And now he's going on our sites get my hands of the company that's in nice -- think so much for help we really appreciate you guys and abilities and actually -- them and let people have learned a little bit more ballot fronts it's awesome that so I was Tekzilla Daily I'm Patrick they're doing a little lot of their -- wants to with a guy going. This. Things -- so now we've got the history the Digg button. You're doing -- display. In display okay I'm gonna subtle difference between the -- you know that it's only got three wouldn't."

" And I personally think I'm more often than 999. So I know more other than 9999. Okay. But. Tell -- before here four digits four digits with the nice thing is that Feldman actually sells kits and 8063 and I know he's on in the past but you know hey you know what. Works from there's and a controller it's numbers it's numbers but NIC is there's a serial interface. Oh cool so basically the kid come to believe he displays a serial interface and you can multiple digits the other -- to hear well want to hear but to actually build very nice systems taking daisy chain them. As many as you want one right after the next ten you don't have to do any additional program and well look -- a program -- basically the first it is one to you and so on and access to the figures announced it appears happens when I think back on -- and got these post. That you just saw or from one into the next to the next to the next very nice and -- serious and I didn't think fancy even there. Now the last set of on the controllers when you're doing the controller for the crane game how do those things put together and -- about four hours to do have complete and for -- he digit about fifteen minutes for each one. You -- her past with. They're not bad it. They're they're fun this is a lot easier sodom and the in 83 to five or -- fifty six's so you get a serial to USB adapter that -- this from the display into the computer that's correct. But what we have to do is Matthews then dig API. Application programming interface and can you beat me to consume with -- candidate because at that. But the nice thing is -- that that they just recently released this. And let's say yeah -- that big dot com. As kindness. Very Oprah Winfrey to keep information from dating back as an XML file got it which is really easy for you program and make your own web applications where you want -- basically that's what reason for this. They have -- think of applications key which is is kind of cool things for did you do. Most people are required to register the application he'd get a serial number from them all that stuff is more open -- that takes more open that they just trust us you're gonna be honest about it. Might be their downfall. Patrick well in theory be users to basically -- everything that's going on the Digg page right. And I think they're -- is that people be honest about it and values it. And a way that what they they tracked you a little bit. Just -- not abusing it. That's say have to create some sort of identification for yourself that's correct like right now I'm using revision3.com. But that that's -- simple way to do it they should be able to Pakistan exactly I think. But what's on notice here is that when I actually sin just as long line here and with that has the story."

" Hiding in there it has my event in there and then have my application key and there what's your event. -- events is what I want to get back from the have a bunch of different things it's let me get back right now and keep. Keep adding more every day. Like I mean why would enforce the actual -- digs for at static there's other masterful on users and you know the last comment main on the user ought to have the stuff. And deal with that later we'll do that later but we're really is focusing on account. And that's all we're pulling back from them -- the story idea is the tricky part I spent some time over there offices. Asking understand this is really slick way -- can get the story -- And not the slick this way but it works if we go it is good yeah. If you go over there and you hover over a dig it whom you I was right down there in your status bar. It actually tells you the story I TGG 775. Exactly. So how do you get from the story number to display. Well what you can do isn't the first have to understand how the display get this information on the serial. And don't over the web so they -- demo software isn't code you can download and play with you don't and they got this nice little KASU -- test software. Which when you actually launch it. It shows you all seven things that you used to. And you had the different addresses you know 01234. -- stuff so what I could actually do here. As I can go and change that. To let's say a it big thanks. That it into an -- silently. So this is a great little program and if you look at the code ales and this is actually -- written in visual basic. Uh oh it's nice that instruction not a good programmer you're afraid of it I personally think visual -- since the start. I don't play -- Also free it's also for the express edition us. Which you'll notice that double ripped up Microsoft him. That horrible. Thing with her -- visual basic express for free oh it's plus there's continue you know sell. And a terrible. Now I will have that that you know that in -- that's but that's terrible and -- and terrible. How ever the thing that known as is that I'm really not that good visual basic. And I don't want to write a program and are being wrong things and -- people to the China market. So I can went out there and I asked them what people can help me out. And right and software -- right forming them. And guy by the -- James -- actually came men. And wrote a nice full program for us it's which is pretty cool actually wrote the program you actually went into it and really -- dissected it. Polite comments and there's some people know what's going on all those different things. And what I like to do with kind of show you very quickly the visual basic the project and how to kind of started the -- something. I'm in itself. This is basically this is the first thing people use we learned you know next hello world. -- it -- twenty. What -- you today. I can't program a way of a paper bag -- against it. Well that's a good place to start okay when I'm actually gonna do is load of this project. Which you know we have you know on the web -- the Nokia and all that stuff and actually play with a look at the code open. And you'll notice if you click on the main page yet Tim page I mean here. It looks and she just -- The program you know colossal bit later looks exactly like it's -- many functions all that stuff okay. And in short. What you can do you can go to view. Code it. There's all that raw code and everything we talked about. And it can -- throw it in routers that change is actually gone through and actually put a bunch of notes in the house of commons we were talking about all agree that we really won't comment the business yet he's been a lot of time I think he spent more time actually comment in his right. If it. So there's flooded here for you to figure out in the hall as I did this as I did this just happen things nice so it's a little harder than hello world. But a little bit easier than -- like three program got it. Itself so let's start."

" you download your free copy marks a little bit of 2005 express see here -- program visual basic is 21 days to sit down with -- she starts sort of where he went backwards for --"

" Exactly -- and I think it's a better way if you start with an -- rather than you know the tutorial hello world I think you'll learn a lot you probably. But now academic program here in short. You can always go too -- bug start debugging look at what it does is this is kind of you're very quick way to go ahead and launch it. And it launches the actual application for you. That's compile Angola next Q and no separate and it's okay so you can actually go in here check for errors it's really nice so router. We are actually looking at the -- controller James wrote me. And for those tools menu go to settings. This is where there's been a lot of time those kind of nice work on it. And down. But independent variables and here -- can have up to nine LA he's in this and I if you've got a million hits and a big page. From the very good day you have a very good at. Now he also did your -- search pattern in search her. -- have a big guy. Obviously and what happened is that he said well meet somebody else out there my -- is this for some other web sites. That."

" Maybe. If you say it openly use other non dig sites that use similar technology account may be. Votes on the story many of."

" Clothes or something like that but not so much I mean nobody goes in us. One can only one cannot help but it's all there has fault tree format -- has got all the that the your elf format it's before. And -- this story I have talked about got it and that's what we need to actually now. Okay you can. So I'm gonna come over here today and I want to hover over get that story -- wishes the 2227275. Okay. So we got the story -- and that's the way to go ahead and power cycled back to get rid of the a wonderful ping it could buy it. Recycled an announcement powers up and actually shows you the idea between those numbers 1234 nice that's nice little feature. So if we go into the program here. I -- that going to the settings. There's that teaches 775. To -- Houston Houston. That's correct. And now that Hong Kong to usenet com port at 52 intervals. Now will enable it. And is actually start checking that slow. In a second here what text text value updates -- 735. Dies so it's about thirty seconds off your -- that's kind of what. -- allowing right now over the API over the API data so that's pretty nice. It's heat and that's free and that's free now here's a cool feature that James actually put in here if you don't want to go out and buy these displays which -- want to see you do encounter something okay. -- the settings. Turn off the call ports. Click okay. And now I can minimize it down there. And many float over it will actually show you the -- Nice little simple features so cool if you submit a story don't have center -- an all time posters -- they get your system -- exactly didn't. Sweet princess what do we haven't talked about where you hit the giant plastic display. Well we actually have -- herself well kind of manner so who had done to me. Plastic shop in -- and ourselves and you know sheets cut them -- sixteen curly on the -- The taps exactly. And I would just ask for two of the opposing corners that you -- corner. Okay so that's what made nice -- that's -- meaning its laser -- we actually laser -- The back -- here and in the front -- can make individual thing moving quite see that on the camera. You know which is pretty nice and we actually went down -- labs and then issues they're laser -- down there and it was great news. Awesome silliness let's walk in marriage is that here you go going to tell you squid labs yes for lab with -- Now. But. That's really -- all you know Home Depot perhaps part hasn't done."

" And I -- isn't telling these agents sandwich together some just drill a hole put some parts together and that's all it takes. -- was a pretty easy to -- everything the other it's really easy to nothing has glued in this this just held together by the bolts in the corners that's a good thing and it's pretty robust so it hangs on a wall really easily. And what we're actually gonna see if it that it."

" And really don't want to break the date displayed content and we -- very carefully put this back on display without shorting any thing."

" The entertainment analyst Larry you know. Now we're actually do with this is -- and that's over at the big offices months. And we have the website we have called dig and -- button dot com. You're gonna need more than four digits it can happen. It will Woolsey tells me. But it's gonna we're hanging over there we're gonna have a little web cam on as the people can actually watch them dig the Digg button. Maybe capture something else going on in office we don't know yet you know that somebody moves kittens camera we don't know them. The one we are enough so James Taylor did -- heart squid labs. You know -- of course for the big API. And dig the Digg -- dot com and then the -- com. He's the man I'm Patrick Norton -- day roundup we'll see you next time on system."

" Jelly as the show ahead of -- forms at revision3.com. Let us know -- your idea not only is he sure wouldn't let him up on the show."