Author Archives: robertwilkie

A WiFi Jammer at the packet layer?

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

If I read this correctly, the authors took a cheap dongle and used it to jam wifi signals at the packet layer, not the hardware (wireless) layer for a DOS attack.  I think this way you don’t run afowl of … Continue reading →

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Turn a cheap Dollar Store LED light and convert it for UV

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

Cool video to basically take a dollar store hockey light and switch the LED’s for the UV LEDs.  Or replace with blinking LEDs http://workshop.lifehacker.com/turn-a-cheap-led-puck-light-into-a-uv-blacklight-or-col-1735596487

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Make a Star Wars Hoody

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

I can’t remember what these critters where in Star Wars. but either way, cool hoodie build. https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/hood1-feature.jpg?w=800  

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Xerox selling off more buildings

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

Xerox is selling off a bunch of its buildings it got from ACS.  I wonder what happened to all the folks that worked in those buildings… http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/10/xerox-campus-sale-plan-is-likely-to-attract-attention.html/

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Xerox getting out of Implementing Healthcare for Government agencies

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

It seems Xerox wants to get out of the setup and implementation of healthcare systems for governments, and just stick with the low-end stuff (manage the systems and call centers). http://www.marketwatch.com/story/xerox-to-take-240-million-charge-due-to-healthcare-implementation-2015-10-13

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IFTTT Do Button

Posted on October 12, 2015 by robertwilkie

I was reading this article about making a button for your kids to “press” and tell you where you are….but I was thinking this app maybe good for a bunch of other projects. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-sure-your-kids-are-safe-with-easy-mobile-check-ins/

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Amazon AWS and IoT

Posted on October 12, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is interesting, Amazon is offering a developer like kit for creating web services for IoT devices (in particular these kits).  There is TI Launchpad, Intel Edison, Arduino Yun included in the list of hardware kits.  I may have to … Continue reading →

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This is why you never post up pictures of any PII info on yourself

Posted on October 12, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting and scary article on how the author found that the info on the 2D bar code on your airline ticket has ALOT of info that could be bad for others (ways to get into your airline account for example … Continue reading →

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Xerox creates a Daily Commute App…wait a sec, isn’t there one already out there?

Posted on October 12, 2015 by robertwilkie

I read this and thought…Gee isn’t this Waze or a Google Maps like thing already? http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2015/10/07/xerox-app-targets-the-daily-commute/

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A RPi controlled sentry

Posted on October 9, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is a cool build where the author is using an RPi to controll a nerf gun  Its all build with servos and a webcam and written in python.  Reminds me of the opensentry project which uses an arduino and … Continue reading →

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