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Print out your own working mini crossbow

Posted on March 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Neat “little” crossbow printed out from a 3D printer in one piece.  Its pretty small (about 3 inches long) and you are not going to kill anything with it.  But its a nice proof of concept http://hackaday.com/2013/03/11/one-piece-3d-printed-crossbow/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Stupid counterfieter leaves goods in printer while trying to return it

Posted on March 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Sometimes you gotta wonder about folks.  Not only did this guy try to make fake money with a printer, but it didn’t work and when he tried to return it to (Walmart) he was busted as the printer was jammed … Continue reading →

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TI has a prototype of a 3D mouse

Posted on March 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting a 3 dimensional mouse prototype for TI for the MSP….I wonder if the shield for the MSP will be $5 or under (would suck if the shield costs more than the CPU) http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/10/ti-launchpad-mouse/

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CoffeePot for Fish

Posted on March 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

http://www.robotsandcomputers.com/robots/projects/cpFishTank/finished.jpgOK this is an odd one, The author got a Beta fish for his sig. other, and to keep the fish warm, he modified a coffeepot to “heat” the water and is using a TI MSP controller to control it … Continue reading →

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Should you buy Xerox, this Analyst sasy no

Posted on March 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article that “AGAIN” points out Xerox has alot of promise, but this time the author talks about the HUGE AMOUNT OF DEBT Xerox has.  That and the technology end getting soft scares him away.  He also talks about Canon … Continue reading →

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Nice but overdone article about embedded systems and security

Posted on March 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article that goes on about how embedded systems are usually ignored for updates and security audits/patches.  Unfortunately this has been a problem for over a decade where everything from a router to a printer is installed, then forgotten (til … Continue reading →

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Use a USB TV tuner to listen in on weather balloons.

Posted on March 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK I did not know that there is so much stuff going on with weather balloons. or that you could sniff the traffic on them.  But apparently you can. http://hackaday.com/2013/01/12/listening-in-on-weather-balloons-with-rtl-sdr/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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3 ways to install software on an RPi

Posted on March 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article on how to get software packages on a Raspberry Pi.  I knew about the first 2, didn’t think about the app store thought…. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/three-ways-to-install-software-on-raspberry-pi/

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Spiderbot 3D printer launched

Posted on March 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

At only 2G’s.  Its a neat looking 3D printer, but….at that cost I could get a nice dual head.  But it would not look at cool as this one. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130307-spiderbot-delta-3d-printer-launched.html

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Xerox Connectkey

Posted on March 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

Another interesting article about Xerox’s Connectkey offerings.  What is it?   Well to dumb it down, Xerox is basically connecting all its print/scan system together with software and apps. http://usmarketbuzz.com/xrx-xerox-corporation-nysexrx-developing-new-business-productivity-solutions-1202#

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