Monthly Archives: September 2015

My review of the Pepple Watch (Original) and why its a good deal now

Posted on September 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

Three years ago, when the kickstarter project came out for the Pepple Watch, I wanted one. But I wasn’t going to fork out the kind of cash (I think $200) for it. Well a month ago I bought a used … Continue reading →

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Cool Step Stool with CNC engraving

Posted on September 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

The author built the stool with 2x4s and then had a CNC engrave the top.  Pretty slick looking.  One thing I would have done differently.  Since a CNC did the engraving, why not have it also cut it out?  Looks … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Dashcam

Posted on September 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK I should have seen this coming, the author has been busy working on building a dashcam system (2 cameras, GPS, etc) with an RPi.  I like the RPi ignition sensitive power supply (below) the author uses.  Thought at $20, … Continue reading →

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Nice build on rainbarrels

Posted on September 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Found this article in my notes from…err 4 years ago.  Never got around to posting it till now. Its a nice simple build for a rain barrel.  Only concern would be BPA issues, but if you are just watering the … Continue reading →

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Using 3D printing to fake out security tags on shipping containers

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK this is funny, apparently shipping containers have, well basically custom seals to indicate if a container is tampered with or not.  Some theives figured out this and make a copy of the tag, so got into a shipping container, … Continue reading →

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Wardriving cops looking for stolen goods?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

Apparently a cop, also a moonlight programmer, wrote a program called L8NT to pull MAC addresses while driving around and compare them to a database to see if they are stolen items nearby.  I was thinking he should take this … Continue reading →

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Print out your own TSA keys

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

There is a reason why backdoors are a bad idea.  Apparently someone took a picture from the net of keys TSA uses to open the “TSA approved” locks and printed out there own.  And guess what, they work. http://www.geek.com/news/anyone-can-now-3d-print-a-functional-tsa-master-key-1633560/ You … Continue reading →

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Make your own skittle sorter

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK I know this has been done before with arduinos.  But this time all the “parts” you can print out instead of having to cobble them together from god knows where.  Its a cool build and has alot of thought … Continue reading →

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Print out your own camera slide

Posted on September 10, 2015 by robertwilkie

Pretty nice camera slide that is all printed out except for the screws and bars.  I like the adjustable feet for it. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150908-make-a-3d-printed-camera-slider.html

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The self driving car has already been hacked

Posted on September 9, 2015 by robertwilkie

Well not in the sense that someone got into one of these prototype cars.  But a researcher build basically a jammer for the LIDAR sensors on the car so it would think objects are there that really are not.  I … Continue reading →

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