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An Oscilloscope Wristwatch

Posted on September 28, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is pretty cool, a large wrist watch that is a oscilloscope. Not so sure how the battery life on this would be. Or when I would need such a watch since if I am at the point of debugging … Continue reading →

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Grow your own food on your windowsill

Posted on September 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Grow your own food on your windowsill http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/09/10/grow-your-own-food-on-your-windowsill/

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Microsoft has its own embedded controller for you to play with

Posted on September 4, 2013 by robertwilkie

Microsoft has apparently made there own “opensource” controller called the Gadgeteer.  I personally never heard of it til I stumbled on it in the article below.  I looked at Microsoft’s store and you can’t seem to buy it from there (I … Continue reading →

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DIY PCB Using Parchment Paper

Posted on August 30, 2013 by robertwilkie

DIY PCB Using Parchment Paper http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/oSkBronkDLM/

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A ethernet connected RFID reader

Posted on August 27, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is a nice build but…its pricey, around 65 (not including door hardware, etc) for the board.  But I did get from the site some other interesting things, such as the RFID antennas that are pretty cheap that can be … Continue reading →

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How to Install Game Emulators on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on June 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article about using an RPi to run old games. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-install-game-emulators-on-the-raspberry-pi-si/

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~350 for an ASSEMBLED 3D printer

Posted on May 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wow, it will be interesting if this turns out.  Basically for $347 you can own an assembled 3D printer.  I can’t find out much about it (yet) but thats a good price, and it looks cool and professional.  I will … Continue reading →

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Get your Filament maker before its out

Posted on April 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

  Kickstarter project for a filament maker from the bags of beads.  Nice idea and sounds very promising.  Delivery times seem better than Filabot which I haven’t heard boo about for some time.  At $200 for a kit at $300 … Continue reading →

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Make your own welding rods

Posted on March 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

Um…no I won’t , but still creative idea.  Me, I have heard of folks in a panic using a bicycle spoke.  But this…way to much work for me.  I could be to the store and back 5 times with rods … Continue reading →

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Arduino tells you when “you have mail”

Posted on March 14, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK its been done before.  This is a little different at is uses a magnet as the sensor and an arduino clone for the controller.  Nice thing about this arduino (called montieno) is its really small and has built in … Continue reading →

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