Author Archives: robertwilkie

Interesting Jellyfish costume with Arduino and LEDs

Posted on September 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

I am more interested in the tech than the costume.  Could be useful to apply to more advanced costume than a see-thru raincoat with LED strips.  Thought the author mentions Adafruit stuff would be a easier solution, his method is … Continue reading →

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IBM ovvers $1bn for Linux development on Power

Posted on September 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

Power is one of IBM’s CPU chips that sounds like it comes from its old mainframe groups, just brought down to be more low-end based.  First time I have heard of this stuff.  Will be interesting to see how well … Continue reading →

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Inexpensive PVC Monitor Arm

Posted on September 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice build, and cheap too.  I like how the author uses the pipe to run the monitor cords as well.  Not so sure I would be willing to make holes in my desk for this thought. http://www.instructables.com/id/Inexpensive-PVC-ABS-Monitor-Arm/

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Modified E-ZPass Shows Xerox/Government monitoring you

Posted on September 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting hack, the author figured out that when the RFID tag in the EZPASS is read, the voltage on the board changes, so he build a monitor for it, and found that its being read in allot of places besides … Continue reading →

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Giant video walls powered by a Raspberry Pi

Posted on September 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

If you have a collection of similar size monitors, and extra RPi’s to go around, you can make a large video display out of them.  I was trying to think why someone would do this (that didn’t have the parts). … Continue reading →

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Xerox offers Technical Minority Scholarship

Posted on September 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

Between 1 – 10 grand, but lots of fine print in the qualifications. http://northdallasgazette.com/2013/09/13/xerox-offering-technical-minority-scholarship-2/  

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Xerox is hiring in the Dominican

Posted on September 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

For call center jobs.  What is ironic for me is the Dominican is also a big source of scammer call centers too…. http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2013/9/13/48947/Xerox-Dominican-government-offer-300-jobs-at-fair  

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Can’t stand your bike light holder

Posted on September 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Modify it to use a clothespin to secure it to the bike.  Now why didn’t I think of that. http://lifehacker.com/mount-a-light-to-your-bike-with-a-clothespin-615122058?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

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LEGO robot for scanning a book out of a kindle

Posted on September 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

This was just too funny, the author build a lego robot that would push the “next page” button on the kindle, then hit a key on a laptop to take a picture of it, and then repeat.  This way you … Continue reading →

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Hacked Stamps.com Scale to be stand-a-lone

Posted on September 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Hum…I am going to have to look at this more closely to see if I can do this with my radioshack scale.  The problem is the scales do not have a built in display, and need to be plugged into … Continue reading →

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