Monthly Archives: December 2012

A paintball gun on a quadcopter

Posted on December 31, 2012 by robertwilkie

Cat’s and dogs (and annoying kids) watch out. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/paintball-gun-on-quadrotor-but-dont-panic?utm_source=feedburner-robotics&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumRobotics+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Robotics+Erico+Feed%29#disqus_thread  

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Use a TP-Link as a camera broadcaster

Posted on December 30, 2012 by robertwilkie

OK something else to add to my list.  Why would this be useful, think cheap wireless camera.  I have some good  cameras that would be nice to “network” them.  And TP-link are cheap.  http://forums.openpilot.org/blog/52/entry-91-tp-link-wr703n-as-telemetry-link-and-camera-broadcasting-part3-video/ http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/13/tp-link-wr703n-as-telemetry-link-and-camera-broadcasting-tutorial/  

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Xerox and Cleveland close to resolving ticket machine issues

Posted on December 29, 2012 by robertwilkie

The long battle between Xerox and RTS of Cleveland sounds like its nearing an end, where Xerox will fix up the confusing and break down allot bus ticket machines . http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/12/rta_xerox_close_to_resolving_l.html

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Portable CNC Mill

Posted on December 29, 2012 by robertwilkie

This article has been making allot of rounds within the hobby/DIY communities.  Basically its a cheap mill, converted to CNC use, then put into a box with a display mounted to the cover of the box.  Looks nice. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/28/a-portable-cnc-mill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Approval of warrantless electronic spying powers

Posted on December 29, 2012 by robertwilkie

Actually it was more of a renewal of what Bush passed 5 years ago.  It makes me wish encryption was a little more common for communication use.  Since I am sure this power does not get abused at all  🙂 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft reduces GPS chip power consumption with the cloud

Posted on December 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

I love to watch the batter on my phone go down when I turn on GPS.  MS apparently has figured out a way to reduce this power consumption by off-loading some of the work into the “cloud”.  This confuses me, … Continue reading →

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How to save a gadget that got wet

Posted on December 27, 2012 by robertwilkie

Most of the bits make sense, but the one new item was using rice krispies cereal instead of just rice to dry it out for a few days. http://gizmodo.com/5951415/how-to-rescue-wet-gadgets  

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Tinkering with an Arduino and using a WebServer

Posted on December 27, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting article where basically you can tweak the LED’s an arduino has thru a webserver on it, which is proxied thru a PC.  At this point and old PC with a serial connector better, parallel port would work better. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-give-arduino-control-over-the-internet-without-an-ethernet-shield/ … Continue reading →

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Journalists addresses published in return

Posted on December 26, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting article, apparently the Journal News published an article that included an interactive google map of gun permit holders in New York in certain cities.  The information is open to the public, but I think this is the first time … Continue reading →

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YEAH, support for Cranogenmod 10.1

Posted on December 26, 2012 by robertwilkie

For the Nook Tablet and Color.  This means you can run Android 4.2 on your older Nook Color and spruce it up.  Why is this exciting, well I err borrow my son’s nook color sometime to tinker on. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/12/nook-tablet-gets-unofficial-cyanogenmod-10-1-android-4-2-build/?utm_source=mainrss

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