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An Interview with element14's Ben Heck

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joeman
11 Aug 2011
Element14.com’s Ben Heck was featured on ElectronicProducts.com in August both in an interview with editorial director Bryan DeLuca and a summary of Ben’s latest mod automating his house. (http://www2.electronicproducts.com/
Ben_Heck_transforms_his_apartment_into_a_smart_home_in_new_episode_of_element14_s_The_Ben_Heck_Show-article-news01_25_jul2011-html.aspx)
In coming weeks, element14.com will provide a full description of exactly how he did it, so you can do it too.
In the interview, (http://www2.electronicproducts.com/Hacking_Heck-articlefabd_
Interview_Ben_Heck_Aug2011-html.aspx) Ben reveals that he completed his first “teardown” at the age of 10, describing it as “exploratory surgery,” and his first mod was turning an Atari 2600 console into a portable system more than a decade ago. He also reveals that an upcoming mod involves pinball machines.

Element14.com’s Ben Heck was featured on ElectronicProducts.com in August both in an interview with editorial director Bryan DeLuca and a summary of Ben’s latest mod automating his house. (Link below.) In coming weeks, element14.com will provide a full description of exactly how he did it, so you can do it too.

 

In the interview, Ben reveals that he completed his first teardown at the age of 10, describing it as “exploratory surgery,” and his first mod was turning an Atari 2600 console into a portable system more than a decade ago. He also reveals that an upcoming mod involves pinball machines.

 

Watch how Ben automated his house here.

 

 

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