Author Archives: robertwilkie

Good Tutorial on Current Limiting Diodes

Posted on May 20, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice video tutorial on limiting diodes to switch a regular bulb light in a car dash to LED. http://hackaday.com/2014/01/06/current-limiting-diode-use-and-tutorial/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29  

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Build a paintball mine

Posted on May 20, 2014 by robertwilkie

Summer is coming, and with it comes paintball (OK some folks like to do it in the snow too). Here is a series of instructions on how to make tripwire based paintball mines to get your opponents.  Looking at the … Continue reading →

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Graffiti sand printer

Posted on May 20, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting robot printer combo that prints out words with sand and the medium.   This was an article on it from a while back, but I never got a chance to look into it til now.  Cool looking bot, but … Continue reading →

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Maybe after today, Nevada won’t be a problem for Xerox

Posted on May 20, 2014 by robertwilkie

Sounds like today is the day Nevada decides if it should kick Xerox out for healthcare management and go with someone else. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/may/19/will-nevada-drop-its-health-care-exchange-xerox-tu/

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Looking back at CNC

Posted on May 20, 2014 by robertwilkie

Its been a few years since I have had a chance to get back into my CNC projects.  Since I was rebuilding everything anyways (I took everything apart a few years ago to move to a new house).  I thought … Continue reading →

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Check for Skimmers at USPS?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

I didn’t even think about this one, but the bad folks did and now look out for credit card skimmers at post office machines.  It makes sense since they can be accessed after hours when no one is around. http://gizmodo.com/beware-of-skimmers-on-postal-service-stamp-kiosks-1576179279?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

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Printrbot makes a CNC

Posted on May 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

Looks like Printrbot is moving into the CNC world.  It looks like a nice little CNC, but no word on price, which could be a big deciding factor for alot of folks.  If its under a grand, it may stand … Continue reading →

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Cool Cheap water table for Kids

Posted on May 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice simple water table for kids to play in.  I could totally see myself building one of these. http://www.instructables.com/id/Water-Table-for-the-Kids

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Portable Potty for $10

Posted on May 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice idea for camping.  Got a kick out of it thought. http://www.instructables.com/id/Camp-Commodepotty-made-for-less-then-1000/

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Even after Kicked out, Still messing up Traffic Tickets

Posted on May 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

Thank god I don’t live in Baltimore, Folks are getting automated traffic tickets from 4-5 years ago that where recorded by Xerox’s traffic light/speed cameras.   And they are getting them now after Xerox was kicked out of Baltimore for … Continue reading →

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