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    EASTER EGG HUNT TECHIE STYLE

    Apr 12, 2019 4 minutes
    By Mark Beckett
    Photography: Mark Beckett

    SOUND, LIGHT … THE THRILL OF AN EASTER ADVENTURE WITH A DIFFERENCE

    Some time ago I was browsing the element14 community and came across an item about electronic Easter eggs. We’re used to seeing some weird, wonderful, and downright clever stuff, so I decided to read the whole article.

    It seems that someone was contemplating making devices that emit sound, that these would placed in lieu of an Easter egg, and those kids (or adults) with visual disabilities could utilize their other skills to find them. Obviously eating an electronic egg is not for everyone, so they would get swapped for the real deal, and everyone would get to

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