Monthly Archives: January 2013

Raspberry Pi laptop, just too big for your pocket…

Posted on January 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

And too much for my wallet.  Its a nice concept, but about $400 in parts…I’ll buy a tablet….or heck an iPad. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/21/raspberry-pi-laptop-is-just-a-little-too-big-for-a-pocket/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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3D Gun Site

Posted on January 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Since thingverse took down anything to do with guns on its site, there hasn’t been anything that was like it out there.  Well now some folks put together a thingverse like site just for printing out guns and stuff. http://defcad.org/ … Continue reading →

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Researchers developing flying grasping robots

Posted on January 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

All this brings to mind is Alfred Hitchcocks movie with the birds…except robots involved this time. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/researchers-hobbyists-developing-flying-grasping-robots?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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Raspberry Pi replaces 30 foot tower

Posted on January 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually a bunch of folks figured out a way to do it to replace a 30 foot cell tower.  This maybe a good way to build emergency cell towers in the future.

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Penny Battery

Posted on January 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good experiment to do with kids, directions on everything you need below. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Turn-Spare-Pocket-Change-into-DIY-Batteries

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Make a small circle drawer

Posted on January 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice idea and really small so it would fit in a toolbox.  But I would just use my trusty protractor. http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Small-Circle-Center-Finder-Drawing-Aid/  

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Rent your own security drone

Posted on January 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting, a Japanese company is planning to provide a private security drone to be rented out at around $60 an hour. http://gizmodo.com/5972078/oh-god-here-come-the-private-security-drones  

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Study of GCC and TI’s Stellaris

Posted on January 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

Could be useful info for anyone tinkering with TI’s Stellaris setup. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/04/a-study-of-gcc-and-the-ti-stellaris/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Arduino Shield that lets you remix signals

Posted on January 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

All I can think of is that’s ALLOT of F***ing DIP SWITCHES…my 2 cents…I would just re-wire. http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/24/universal-re-routing-board-for-arduino-shields/

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Overclocking an Arduino

Posted on January 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

The author overclocks an Amtel from 20 Mhz to 30.  Not bad, would be interesting if there are any long term heat issues or burns them out faster…   http://garagelab.com/profiles/blogs/atmega328-overclock-30mhz Overclocking microcontrollers    

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