Author Archives: robertwilkie

Make your own Center Finder Tool

Posted on May 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Good write-up on building a simple center finder for a can or other circle shaped objects.  Now if I only had a laser cutting CNC… http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-center-finder-tool-quick-cheap-easy/

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How to put Kali on your Nexus 7 (original)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to put Kali, good hacker distro that seems to be replacing backtrack, on a Nexus 7. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577356

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Injection Molding With Hot Glue Gun

Posted on May 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

This has crossed my mind a few times to do myself.  The author basically CNC’ed some molds and then uses the gluegun to squirt glue into the mold to make it. http://hackaday.com/2014/05/12/injection-molding-with-hot-glue/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29 http://www.scorchworks.com/Blog/hot-glue-injection-molding/

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Article on leashes for Dogs with Bikes

Posted on May 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

OK every kid has tried to walk to dog on the bike, and most likely failed miserably.  I stumbled on this article for leashes for bikes for dogs.  They look interesting but I still see one problem, the dog suddenly … Continue reading →

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Wow what a water pump

Posted on May 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Pretty intense water pump with 3 pistons and one small motor.  It was part of a school competition.  Nice build overall. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Radial-Piston-Water-Pump/  

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Xerox to test EBT…wait shouldn’t that have been done before?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Found this amusing, a year after the EBT issue where a hiccup in Xerox servers left to some areas with EBT users having unlimited cash, is going to be tested to make sure those problems are addressed.  I would think … Continue reading →

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Xerox + Medical Services = Not Good Stuff

Posted on May 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Texas not only kicked Xerox out for managing medicaid mistakes, they are suing them too. http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/09/texas-sues-xerox-recover-millions-misspent-money/

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SNMP: the next DDoS Attack Vector

Posted on May 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Good article.  Funny thing I wrote about this as part of my Thesis Project in 2004. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/SNMP%3A+The+next+big+thing+in+DDoS+Attacks%3F/18089

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Lego’s with RPi == Bookreader

Posted on May 9, 2014 by robertwilkie

Clever build with the author (with directions) built a book reader/scanner with legos and an Raspberry PI with RPi camera.  This has to be one of the cheapest book scanner options I have seen yet. http://www.instructables.com/id/BrickPi-Bookreader-Digitize-Books-With-Mindstorms-/

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Japanese man arrested for making 3D printed guns

Posted on May 9, 2014 by robertwilkie

I’m going to guess from the pic it was more interesting to the person than bad (each of the 5 “guns” are different types).  But if you are going to do this, you should know the laws in the area … Continue reading →

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