Monthly Archives: June 2012

Xerox wants its tax assessment lowered 75% in Webster

Posted on June 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Xerox has basically pushed to get its assessment in Webster lowered by 80% (thus lowering its taxes to Webster NY by 75%) .  If any of your have fought your property tax assessments, you know its a long uphill battle … Continue reading →

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HCL stock drops

Posted on June 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Now what does HCL have to do with Xerox?  Its basically taking over the engineering arm of Xerox.  So its interesting that the HCL CEO is cashing out and the stock drops because of it. http://profit.ndtv.com/News/Article/hcl-tech-shares-fall-after-vineet-nayar-sells-stake-305952

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Xerox planning some mini takeovers

Posted on June 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Another article about Xerox has put away roughly a 1/3 to 1/2 bill for corporate take over (it takes over). http://www.courant.com/business/hc-xerox-revenue-20120615,0,902563.story

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Exe’s say the darnedest things

Posted on June 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

I got a kick that Xerox’s CEO got the first 2 paragraphs…Read all about it below http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/15/us-media-tech-summit-quotes-idUSBRE85E13H20120615

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Nice cheap Jamming Gripper

Posted on June 15, 2012 by robertwilkie

For those that don’t know, the Jamming Gripper is a balloon filled with coffee grounds attached to a vaccum pump, the pump sucks in the air and causes the system to “grip” stuff.  It is very effective.  The link below … Continue reading →

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Stiltwalker, beating out capthas

Posted on June 15, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting tool that can beat (or so they say capthas 99% the time via the soundwave that goes with it.  Neat idea. http://www.dc949.org/projects/stiltwalker/  

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Printf for Arduino

Posted on June 15, 2012 by robertwilkie

Printf is one of the best basic utilities to debug C code.  The gent below created a library that basically does printf over the serial connection.  This should be a useful library for future work. http://blog.kehribar.me/?p=36

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TI robot walker

Posted on June 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Simple robot walker with TI’s MSP 430.  I brought this up since the TI board is $5 and there is not much out there yet for this system.  But with Arduino’s rounding $30….this is a much cheaper solution. http://blog.vinu.co.in/2012/06/two-servo-walking-robot-using-ti.html  

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Simple outdoor solar powered security camera

Posted on June 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice simple use of a webcam for a security camera.  I had a setup with “real” cameras a while back running zoneminder on the backend.  I may revisit that setup with this too. https://imgur.com/a/IgdrQ/noscript

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Little and Cheap (under 100) CNC

Posted on June 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

I remember reading about these a few years back when they first came out of MIT.  The biggest issue at the time was the need for laser cut parts…I think.  But now in version 9.1, it much simpler and cheaper…under … Continue reading →

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