Turn Your Pringles Can into an Amazon Echo with C.H.I.P.!

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A while back, Sam Machin built a $10 Amazon Echo using C.H.I.P.! To celebrate the occasion, we all sat around and ate some Pringles chips. Then it hit us! Sam’s project needed an enclosure, and that now empty Pringles can was perfect.

Wasting no time at all, we bundled up all the electronics, Dave got creative with building a nifty cardboard support structure, and we shoved everything inside. The result, Pringles Alexa! Here’s how to build one.

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Own Your Own Cloud with C.H.I.P.!

Not a cloud in the sky, except owncloud on C.H.I.P.

Not a cloud in the sky, except owncloud on C.H.I.P.

Take back ownership of the cloud with ownCloud, a USB thumb drive, and C.H.I.P. on your home network. It’s easy to setup on C.H.I.P. with ownCloud and you’ll be able to share files, photos, address books, and even calendars all from hardware that’s yours.

Chris Watterston’s sticker popularized a common jab at all the cloud computing hype: “There is no cloud, it’s just somebody else’s computer.” Maybe. But with ownCloud and C.H.I.P. the cloud is yours!

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NTC Project: Blast Off with RocketC.H.I.P.!

This is RocketC.H.I.P.: a C.H.I.P. with specially configured WiFi and the circuitry to control a relay. Take any WiFi device like PocketC.H.I.P., connect to the RocketC.H.I.P. network, and wirelessly blast those rockets off!

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NTC Project: Upcycle Your Old Speakers with C.H.I.P.

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Upcycled speakers with C.H.I.P., a new amp, hard drive, and LiPo battery

I recently acquired a really handsome pair of speakers. The cabinets are made of a gorgeous solid walnut exterior, and have an ideal size that Goldilocks could only dream. You simply don’t find speakers that look this good anymore: veneer, plastics, and MDF rule the day when it comes to speaker materials.

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