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Smart Tweezers for Idiots

I was over on Hack a Day earlier and was rather impressed with these new Smart Tweezers:

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Which look pretty cool and would solve that whole two-handed thing that I’m trying to do at the moment, but they were a bit on the pricey side so I made my own:

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Only mine are a bit better because don’t cost anything, the design is open-source, and they have an optional magnifying glass plugin:

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and a flashlight plugin so you can use them in the dark etc:

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3 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Just great! I’m gonna sell this things for over 9 Thounsand!!

  2. Yep, I saw this on Hackaday as well. I think it’s way overpriced. When you could just buy these :

    http://www.amazon.com/Pomona-Tweezer-Stacking-Banana-Plug/dp/B0000WU2XI

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