Monthly Archives: May 2013

A simpler way to level your bed

Posted on May 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

I hate leveling the bed of a 3D printer,  It seems to need to be done all the time. This is a nice simple way to setup the leveling quicker.  My 2 cents, I would spread the wires out to … Continue reading →

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Add some LED’s to your bike

Posted on May 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice simple setup for adding LED’s to your bike.  Me, I would just by a kit.  But if you are a kid, this could be a good intro experiment. http://www.instructables.com/id/Intro-60

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Got an old electric wheelchair, need to move lots of stuff

Posted on May 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

So your grandma left you her old electric wheelchair and you are looking at moving.  Well take the two and build a robot.  The instructable does just this where the author modifies an old electric scooter/chair to move stuff around … Continue reading →

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Using an Arduino (AVR) for accurate time

Posted on May 4, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is a good post that gets into timers on microcontrollers.  The author basically is using the clock cycle and interrtupts on the AVR to figure out how many seconds have gone by, so that way its telling “human” time … Continue reading →

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Holy Expensive Software from Xerox

Posted on May 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

Wow 8 G’s (with a free printer) for a graphic art software package is a lot of cash, not sure if you get the adobe stuff with it, you thats separate.  Either way I will stick with GIMP for now. … Continue reading →

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Sprizzi soda machine

Posted on May 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is interesting, a small soda machine.  Tempting to buy at 200, but ….not sure how well it works, and the cost to fill the CO2…. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sprizzi/drink-machine-by-sprizzi-the-ultimate-beverage-sol?ref=live

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Aww. cute little 3D printer

Posted on May 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

Printrbot has come up with a $300 little 3D printer.  Looks nice, but printing on wood…somehow I think there is going to be an issue there (and need for one of the upgrade for glass and/or heat bed. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130502-printrbot-launches-tiny-and-cheap-printrbot-simple-3d-printer.html

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RIT Imagine is This Saturday

Posted on May 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

Lots of cool stuff for kids to look at and play with, just plan on doing alot of walking http://www.rit.edu/imagine/

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A simple cheap (lockable) canister for your bike

Posted on May 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

I like this build, basically the author uses a pvc pipe with ends, cuts holes in it to “lock” it, and bolts it onto the bike.  One thing I would do different is reverse the ubolt (use a square bolt … Continue reading →

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Get Certified for the Cloud

Posted on May 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

I should have seen this one coming.  Amazon is not offering certification for their cloud services.  What will come next.  The “basic” certification is $600. Whoops, wrong site, http://aws.amazon.com/certification/ And the class that will be in Rochester is http://aws.amazon.com/training/aws101/

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