Monthly Archives: February 2016

Swarm of robot boats

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

All the bots are using RPi’s and talk to eachother to get a job done. Interesting build. Swarm of Robot Boats Coming To An Ocean Near You Soon

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Squeeze as much as you can with your CNC ans SVGNest

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

Cool tool that will try to squeeze all your cutouts on one sheet of plywood. http://makezine.com/2016/02/10/save-time-materials-svg-nest/

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Hacking systems with barcodes

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

The author was going after POS systems.  But this would totally apply to things like printers and scanners too. http://hackaday.com/2016/02/17/barcodes-that-hack-devices/

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A sheet metal pistol

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

The author attempted to build a pistol from sheet metal and other parts found at Home Depot.  Crazy thing is it almost works. http://hackaday.com/2016/02/17/building-a-sheet-metal-pistol/

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So how to configure your C.H.I.P

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

So you got the $9 C.H.I.P. computer.  Now what…it doesn’t have a keyboard, and you didn’t get the hdmi card.  Well there is a nice write-up below that can help you out. http://www.instructables.com/id/CHIP-Introduction-for-Nerds/

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Fear IoT

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

This is pretty scarier how simple IoT devices are reaching out to talk to other systems, even when they are disabled to do so. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/02/this-is-why-people-fear-the-internet-of-things/

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Installing OpenHAB on RPi

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

If you have an hour to spare, there are 2 videos on how to install and setup OpenHAB on a Raspberry Pi.  OpenHAB is an opensource project for controlling IoT’s. http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-OpenHab-on-the-Raspberry-Pi/

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Hey, you can make your own 3D hat decorations

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

The author does a good job on writting up how to make, add stitch holes, and bending a 3D print to fit on a hat.  The bottom hat has LED’s in it too. http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-printed-hat-graphics/

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Elevated Dog Dish Tray on the cheap

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

OK I like this build, but…won’t work with the funky dog dishes we currently have.  Labs are relatively tall dogs, so I have been thinking of building something like this for some time.  Din’t think of using PVC for the … Continue reading →

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Make some simple grip blocks

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice build (cheaper than buying from rockler) .  Basically the author buit simple blocks to hold cabinet mat material for “sticky” blocks. http://www.instructables.com/id/Grippy-Work-Holders-/

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