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Homemade dogsled.

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

I need this, just to walk our dogs. http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Dogsled/

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Fishing for squirrels

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

You know I am going to be doing this…except using a real pole. http://www.instructables.com/id/Fishin-fer-Squirrels/

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Make an Internet Radio with a Raspberry Pi

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice idea, bit overkill with a Pi thought… http://www.instructables.com/id/Pandoras-Box-An-Internet-Radio-player-made-with/

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Build your own radiation monitor

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice build with an arduino and internet based. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/07/online-radiation-monitoring-station/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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New Arduino Esplora

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

there is a new arduino out, and it looks neat (oriented towards games) but….Its like $80 dollars… For that much I could get a couple of Raspberry Pi’s. http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/new-arduino-esplora-provides-a-ready-for-gaming-customizable-open-source-video-game-controller/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/a000095_arduinoesplora_iso.jpeg?w=300

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So how much does it cost to run your Christmas lights?

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

This gent went around with a meter reading how much juice neighbours lights where taking up, and figuring out the cost.  To sum it up, looks like LED’s save allot of electric (1-2 cents hour to run vs 5-10 for … Continue reading →

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Arduino controlled Drawing Robot

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice idea, uses from the looks of it, 2 steppers to move the pen around and a servo to raise/lower the pen.  The gears are interesting…wonder where they came from. http://blog.makezine.com/2012/12/11/arduino-controlled-drawing-robot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29

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Open stepper motor controller

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Simple design with surface mount for a 3 volt stepper motor.  I wonder with the design free, if the cost for buying an assembled version will be cheaper than ones I find now at sparkfun.com (10 and up). http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/10/yet-another-stepper-driver/  

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New Crowdsourcing sites

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Most folks have heard of kickstarter.com or indiegogo.com.  But these folks are now avoiding hardware projects due to them not being managed well, or delays.  So this left a gap that some new folks are trying to fill.  First one … Continue reading →

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Xerox Camera continues…5 cameras sofar

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Its like a soap opera with the speed camera issues in Baltimore.  Xerox found 5 cameras acting up. http://www.wbal.com/article/96322/2/template-story/Report-Xerox-Found-Problems-With-Five-Cameras

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