Monthly Archives: May 2015

Interesting 3D printed Windpower Turbine

Posted on May 8, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting build for small 3D printers to make in parts.  My 2 cents, I am not so sure how well ABS will hold up to outdoors. http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Wind-Turbine-uses-Bamboo/

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How to build tank treads with bike chains and still use gears to drive them

Posted on May 7, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice idea where the author doubled up the chains so that one side could be driven with a gear, and the other side have bolted tracks on it.  The downside, you have to break each ligament in the chain and … Continue reading →

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Tool to sniff serial traffic

Posted on May 7, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice and simple build to look at traffic on a serial bus.  I have seen comercial products that do this, but this is much cheaper solution. http://hackaday.com/2015/05/06/a-tool-for-spying-on-serial-data/

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Kickstart a bra for …big ones

Posted on May 7, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting how 3D printing has made new designs available.  This is  an interesting project that is being kickstarted for big girls.  They did most of there prototyping with 3D printers.  Of course at $100 a whack…. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150507-trusst-lingerie-redefines-bras-through-a-revolutionary-3d-printed-support-system.html

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CoreOS is building a Docker Killer

Posted on May 6, 2015 by robertwilkie

Apparently there are those that already feel Docker is getting too bloated… So there is a new container runtime tool called Rocket in the works.  Looks interesting. https://coreos.com/blog/rocket/

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Design your own PCB business cards

Posted on May 6, 2015 by robertwilkie

Great write-up on building a quick and dirty PCB business card.  It looks like the board can be dropped down to $2 a board.  The author uses Dirty PCBs, but the comments section recommended a few others below: http://www.instructables.com/id/Design-Your-Own-PCB-Business-Card/?ALLSTEPS http://PCBShopper.com … Continue reading →

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Skiplagged survives another day

Posted on May 6, 2015 by robertwilkie

Looks like Skiplagged will survive for now against the big airlines.   Why is this important?  Skiplagged is a site that finds cheaper tickets for sites that go to or original destination as a “connecting flight”.  Instead of getting on the … Continue reading →

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Find my Pi

Posted on May 6, 2015 by robertwilkie

I got a kick out of this.  The author (adafruit) wrote a script that will find the IP address of your Raspberry Pi so you can SSH into it.  Me….I just do a network scan.  I haven’t trying this myself, … Continue reading →

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Cool toy (and cheap build) for Dogs

Posted on May 6, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is an easy build, and a cool toy for dogs.  I will be trying this out myself. http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Spin-Out-Game-Hours-of-Fun-for-Dogs-Raccoons-a/

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Interesting Dremel based Duplicator

Posted on May 5, 2015 by robertwilkie

I got a kick out of this project.  The author build a was to duplicate a drawing with a dremel.  Not so sure I would build it as I am not positive how well the slides will work.  But this … Continue reading →

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