Author Archives: robertwilkie

Build a robot to draw with

Posted on January 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually the robot does all the drawing.  Its a nice write-up/design but, unless you have a CNC to cut out the frame, It maybe a little hard to do by hand. http://www.instructables.com/id/Drawbot-10/  

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Uh Oh, here come the outsourcing visas

Posted on January 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

The article starts off about how the US needs to keep folks from other countries here in the US after getting a degree.  Which sounds great, til you read that the “way” congress is going to do this is to … Continue reading →

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Have a 3D printer, Make custom Sex Toys

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Why didn’t I think of this?  Oh right I don’t have my mind low enough.  Anyways article goes on about how 3D printers can be used to make toys for…well you know.  But the down side is they can be … Continue reading →

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Security Cameras open for others to use

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

The article goes on that many different types of network/internet based security cameras have little to no security protections.  They also bring up the 90000+ printers they found on the Internet.   Anyways embedded systems is usually behind not just … Continue reading →

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UPnP Flaws everywhere

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK only on the Internet.  Basically some researchers found thousands and thousands of devices on the Internet via UPnP (v1 or SSDP, and V2 or WSD).  Why is this a printer problem.  Well most printers support one or both forms … Continue reading →

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Just cause you went to a Brothel

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Doesn’t mean you have a right to privacy, or so says the Maine High Courts.  This article is pretty funny, it sounds like a brothel run out of a  dance studio also had recordings of the “acts” which I think … Continue reading →

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HP getting into the Security Services Biz

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

HP starting to move into the security services biz.  Why is this related to Xerox, HP and Xerox are both trying to jump horses from technology (hardware) into services.  Its hard to tell which one has the lead thought.  I … Continue reading →

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Xerox a buy now?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article that (like other analysts have said) says Xerox has allot of potential, but is spreading itself too thin and needs to do something about its management if its to take advantage of the potential.  The article at the … Continue reading →

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Easier way to break MintEye Captcha

Posted on January 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

By looking at the images and picking the biggest one since the others are optimized when blurred.  🙂 http://hackaday.com/2013/01/29/breaking-the-minteye-captcha-one-more-time/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Turn a Stellaris TI into a Logic Analyzer

Posted on January 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

This looks worth doing.  Basically you can use the source to push onto TI’s Stellaris system (costs $5) and you have a mini 3.3 or 5 volt logic analyzer.  The author is using logicsniffer (opensource) for the GUI and handling … Continue reading →

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