Monthly Archives: March 2013

Cheap Robot Vac cleaner

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Well its more of a floor duster than a vac from the sounds of it.  But at $40, it maybe worth it.  Since I (or someone in my family) is vaccuming every day, this might be a good “spot” vac … Continue reading →

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Robot Combat

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wow, there really is a real robot combat bit…check out the IEEE article on it. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/heather-knight-talks-robot-combat?utm_source=feedburner-robotics&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumRobotics+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Robotics%29

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Nice write-up on building your own CFL grow light

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Spring is coming…promise.  but til then maybe you can start you plants indoors with a home built grow light.  This page is very useful since it points out bulbs you can get an a hardware store…well heck all of the … Continue reading →

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Make a water tilt switch

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Simple directions for a basic “trigger” when the water tips.  Why would you do this?  To see if something is “leaning” when it should not be. http://www.instructables.com/id/make-a-water-tilt-switch/

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Ahh.the simple stoplight project

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Taken to a arduino (atiny).  I remember this being one of the first more complext circuits I covered in beginning years of college. http://www.instructables.com/id/ATTiny85-Traffic-Light/

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Water fill circuit

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to build a circuit to control the water level without using a standard float switch.  This could be something interesting to do in the future. http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-simple-water-level-control/?ALLSTEPS

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How to figure out servo speeds

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Author puts up a bunch of info on how to figure out speeds of servos…too much math for me, I just look them up.  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Servo-Math/

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Former Xerox CEO nominated to LPL Financial board

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Looks like Ann is keeping busy in retirement. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/viewart/20130318/BUSINESS/303180034/Anne-Mulcahy-LPL-Financial

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Wow, I wonder if we all would look like this with 2D dresses

Posted on March 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wow, check out this 3D dress printed out for Dita V.    But this does bring up another good point for 3D printers, custom clothing…. http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/dita-von-teese-stuns-first-ever-3-d-175606524.html

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Just when Xerox thought it was ahead in printing

Posted on March 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

HP and Samsung are coming together to make a seamless print client between Samsung devices and HP printers.  No need for an app.  Just “print”.  Sure beats all the proprietary apps out there BUT….this is still proprietary and thought built … Continue reading →

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