Monthly Archives: January 2014

A $500 3D printer that looks pretty good, and assembled

Posted on January 7, 2014 by robertwilkie

This will be one to keep an eye on, its a 3D printer by XYZprinting and it sounds pretty promising for a under $500 dollar cost.  Currently the next best thing is a PrintrBot at $400 (you assemble it). http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/07/499-3d-printer/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Controlling Christmas Lights

Posted on January 7, 2014 by robertwilkie

A guy after my own heart.  The author bought a set of LED changing color christmas lights on sale, and reverse engineered how they work to make his own custom controller.  This could be important to me later as I … Continue reading →

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Opensource Knitting Machine

Posted on January 7, 2014 by robertwilkie

In other words, a loom of sorts.  This looks interesting, any could be a good way to quickly make custom hats/clothing and not have to depend on things like cafepress (and the cost).  Downside, the hardware is real knitting machine … Continue reading →

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Xerox VP dumps almost 1/2 his Stock

Posted on January 7, 2014 by robertwilkie

James Firestone, just dumped close to 1/2 his stock in Xerox (almost 3 million dollars).  I wonder if its a sign, or just that he has been sitting on it for so long and happy it is finally over 10 … Continue reading →

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Bay Area plots Googlebus tax — Solution, move the Jobs to NY

Posted on January 7, 2014 by robertwilkie

OK the article is about how Silicon Valley tech folks are taking over SF since they get paid very well, and the Google’s of Silicon Valley are helping this with private buses to bring employees back and forth to work. … Continue reading →

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Xerox issuing new Government Cards in Virginia

Posted on January 6, 2014 by robertwilkie

Xerox is issuing out 4000 new debit cards to Virginia residents due to the Target compromise last month. Not exactly sure what to call these cards, they are a combo card of food stamps, unemployment benefits, etc etc for several … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Prototypes » Blog Archive » 30C3 Video: Hardware attacks, advanced ARM exploitation, and Android hacking

Posted on January 6, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting video on hardware hacking an ARM system running Linux/Android.  Why is this a printer issue?  Well you would be surprised that allot of printers are embedded ARM based…and many run a favor of Linux, or other POSIX based OS. … Continue reading →

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How To Install SteamOS

Posted on January 5, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice simple write-up on how to install SteamOS (gaming Linux based OS).  Its basically the same directions for installing standard linux distro’s.  BUT…hardware requirements are a bit tougher, especially for the graphics card bit (need to use NVidia).  If you … Continue reading →

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Building a Raspberry PI Custom Digital Photo Display

Posted on January 4, 2014 by robertwilkie

Not so sure I like the frame, but the concept is neat.  The author basically has the RPi display pictures from flicker, but also has a bunch of custom stuff (like motion sensor) and status LED, etc etc on it. … Continue reading →

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Cheap and easy wire wrap

Posted on January 2, 2014 by robertwilkie

A simple tube with a hole in it and a drill…can’t get any easier than that. http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-0-Wire-wrapping-Tool-for-Electrics-Drill-comp/

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