Monthly Archives: June 2012

Greenhouse control with Arduino

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

Given its with a mega (expensive arduino board) its a rather nice setup.  Watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZiqUZGjGc0

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Hot glue gun hotend

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

This is neat, they gent made a hot-end for a 3-D printer out of a cheap glue gun.  Hot-ends are one of the most expensive bits (well for hobby homemade stuff) for the 3-D printers I have been tinkering in.  … Continue reading →

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Crypto for Kids

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

This site has been around for some time, but its a nice intro to cryptography for kids but the NSA (getting the next gen of crypto breakers ready) http://www.nsa.gov/kids/

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Opensource book scanner

Posted on June 5, 2012 by robertwilkie

An interesting open source book scanner that you can build out of a few parts and laser cut plywood.   They had some for sale, but at 600 plus dollars, I’ll wait til I can build my own CNC and cut … Continue reading →

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Xerox running Maryland’s Health Care

Posted on June 5, 2012 by robertwilkie

I am starting to wonder if there is a state left that has health care that is not managed by Xerox.  The good side is Xerox is getting the work.  Down side is the jobs are mostly call center and … Continue reading →

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SEEJ, a game you can print out

Posted on June 1, 2012 by robertwilkie

Neat game you can print out on your 3-D printer and with the combo of some rubber bands and pennies, you have a mini siege war game.  It looks pretty neat and would be a good way to A) intro … Continue reading →

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Webcam speeder check

Posted on June 1, 2012 by robertwilkie

Neat write-up on how to figure out a car’s speed with a webcam.  In a previous house I had setup some security cameras in it and was always interested in building off the software to add in things like this … Continue reading →

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A bit worrisome for 3-D Printers

Posted on June 1, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting article about how one individual got hit with DRM for creating Warhammer figurines and putting them up on http://www.thingiverse.com/ and Warhammer pushed them off.  What worries me about this is DRM has had so many negative impacts on software, … Continue reading →

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