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Jason Coon
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Hand-crafted bits, atoms, and photons. Father, husband, maker. He/Him - https://evilgeniuslabs.org
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I very nearly forgot to record this part for posterity!
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Backup arrived, giant new laser is all set up. It just *barely* fits on the table.
Large black metal box laser cutter with a clear window on ti, sitting on a table. On the wall behind it there are three large black discs that are all displaying the same pattern of bright green circles. To the left side there is a black inline duct fan with black ducts connected.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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The delivery driver got the giant laser cutter box into the garage with a palette jack. I managed to get it from the garage to the base of the first of two half flights of stairs with a small dolly, but no further. Will wait for backup. 😅
Photo of a very large box (1240 x 800 x 410 mm, 48.8 x 31.5 x 16.1 inches) sitting on a tile floor at the base of a half flight of stairs. The box has the words "FLUX HEXA" in large bold letters on the side.
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Laser delivery was super fast! 😁
Photo of a large truck with the lift gate down. The corner of a large box can be seen inside.
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Actual label on my laser cutter. 😅
Thankfully it's really quick and easy to do on the Beamo.
Photo of a label reading "ADJUST FOCUS!" on a black metal box laser cutter. The laser cutter head and mirrors can be seen through the translucent orange acrylic cover.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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FLUX laser cutters are on sale 50% off (US only?) with free rotary add-ons and free shipping!
I'm taking the opportunity to upgrade from my tiny 30W Beamo (which has been great) to a much larger 60W Hexa. The Beamo would just about fit inside the work area of the Hexa.
www.flux3dp.us/black-friday
Simulated photo of a small black metal box laser cutter sitting on top of a much larger black metal box laser cutter.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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In response to multiple requests, I've listed this HDD clock for sale: www.ebay.com/itm/33627763...
Proceeds will be used towards the purchase of a large new 60W laser cutter to expand my creative possibilities. 😁
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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This was such a neat set to assemble: the moving power switch, rotating volume and contrast dials, tactile D pad and buttons, removable cartridges and swappable lenticular screens.
Photo of the assembled LEGO Game Boy set, along with the extra cartridge, manual, box, a hand holding a powered-on Game Boy Advance SP.
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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There's nothing quite like coffee, cartoons, and LEGO on a Saturday morning. 😁
Photo of the LEGO Game Boy kit with the instruction manual and parts laid out on a white table. A white coffee tumbler is seen, it has the words "EVIL GENIUS LABS" and a Fibonacci flower pattern engraved in silver.
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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More HDD clock animations.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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This HDD clock I found while cleaning out my office today goes so hard. I think I got it via a crowdfunding campaign, but now this Instructables article is all I can find: www.instructables.com/Recycled-Har...
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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It's alive, it's trapped inside, and it likes music.
Audio-reactive pattern and #Pixelblaze by @bhencke.bsky.social driving an 8x8x8 volumetric RGB LED cube with frosted acrylic enclosure.
Get your own: lectronz.com/products/led...
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Roast my bodge process, feedback welcome.
This is 8x speed w all pauses removed. Pardon my shaky hands & bench. That's a 2mm LED. I'm using a single strand from 24AWG stranded wire, my finest tip knife to remove silk & solder mask, IPA to clean, my finest soldering tip, & conformal coating to seal.
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Motorola SC414200AT & SC414201FT: Atari Jaguar CPU & DSP "Tom & Jerry"
My 152nd and 153rd macrochip designs! See them all here: www.evilgeniuslabs.org/macrochips
Photo of a ~4" square dark slate tile with markings and text etched into it. Where etched, the markings are lighter in color. The Atari and Motorola logos The text: ATARI © 1992 V1.0 JAGUAR CPU ⚪️ SC414200AT AAHDN9441 Photo of a ~4" square dark slate tile with markings and text etched into it. Where etched, the markings are lighter in color. The Atari and Motorola logos The text: ATARI © 1992 V1.0 JAGUAR DSP SC414201FT IHAA9436
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Do it, I'd love to see it!
I've made two different CycloHex builds:
PCB: lectronz.com/products/cyc...
DIY: www.evilgeniuslabs.org/mega-cyclohex
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Finished the laser cut acrylic diffuser and XY map for Fibonacci Infinity Tile 0. Here it's being driven by a #Pixelblaze by @wizard, running the Honeycomb pattern.
Waiting on translucent acrylic hardware, should get rid of the black dots.
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Success! One down, five to go. Fibonacci Infinity Tile 0 next to a laser cut acrylic diffuser for Tile 1. I've fixed the unconnected traces in KiCad. Now to order a batch of Tile 1 PCBs!
October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Bish bash b̶o̶s̶h̶ bodge x6. They're not pretty, but let's see if they work before cleaning them up.
Photo of a black PCB (printed circuit board) with a small 2mm LED. Several traces can be seen connecting the LED to the PCB. A messy bodge wire covered in soldering flux is now connecting the LED to a ground plane.
October 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Mystery solved. There were six unconnected items in DRC that I somehow missed. 🤦
Screenshot of the KiCad PCB editor showing an unconnected trace between the ground zone and the GND pin of an LED footprint.
October 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Good news: I received the Fibonacci Infinity Tile 0 LED PCBs!
Bad news: none of them work 😭
Photo of a black PCB (printed circuit board) with 200 small 2mm LEDs. The PCB is roughly hexagonal, with a jagged border that closely follows an offset outline of the LED locations. The LEDs are in a Fibonacci/Fermat spiral layout (like the head of a sunflower) where each LED is at a different and unique radius and angle.
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Yet another mind-blowing and highly educational video by AlphaPhoenix, in which he builds a 2,000,000,000 FPS camera and uses it to watch light move. In his garage. 🤯
Seriously, just go watch all of his videos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Td...
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Here's the "honey shot", but seriously just go watch the full video when you have time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvz...
October 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I finally got an EMF Explorer Badge kit by @drc3p0.bsky.social! The PCB art is beautiful, the kit is easy to assemble & it sounds amazing. I spent some time over the weekend wandering the house listening to different sources of electromagnetic frequency noise.
Demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYrN...
Photo of a black hexagonal printed circuit board with white artistic illustration of a UFO beaming up a person. The beam emanating from the UFO is glowing green, and the beam extends onto the actual surface the PCB is resting on. Two black cylindrical inductors are sticking out from the bottom edge of the PCB. Also shown: a rectangular sticker with black markings and text on a holographic rainbow background, and a white sticker with description and instructions. The text on the holographic sticker read: EMF EXPLORER BADGE LISTEN TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCIES AROUND YOU SPORKLOGIC.COM The text on the white sticker reads: EMF EXPLORER BADGE SOLDERING KIT Assemble your own EMF Explorer kit and tune in to the hidden world of electromagnetic frequencies that surrounds our everyday lives. Try listening to cellphones, speakers, switches, chargers, projectors, motors, and more! How many electromagnetic frequencies can you discover around you? 2 x AAA batteries and headphones required Adult supervision recommended for young students Waming! Choking Hazard: Small parts not for children under 3 years or any individuals who have a tendency to place inedible objects in their mouths SCAN FOR INSTRUCTIONS THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! SPORKLOGIC.COM
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I just watched a two hour long Nine Inch Nails music video and VFX demo in IMAX. Was not disappointed.
Movie poster for Tron: Ares
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Here's an older video of me using a belt sander at my local makerspace to remove mouse bites from a Fibonacci64 Flower PCB.
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM