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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Opensource Tools
I stumbled on this site by accident. Its pretty interesting where it is attempting to build designs for machine tools (lathes for example) with common materials. I like the concrete lathe they are working on. http://opensourcemachinetools.org/
A review of the Handibot
I remember when the kickstarter project came out last summer. I so wanted to buy one of these. Well those that could afford to fund it are getting them and are starting to play/review them. The author below does a … Continue reading
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Build your own blog
Nice article on how to take a VM from the cloud and build up a website pretty quickly. Oh and cheaply (linux, bitnami, wordpress, etc etc are all opensource projects). http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/signed-ssh-web-hosting-dont-worry-easily-install-web-software-si/
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Fixing up a cheap CNC
I have been eyeing the Chinese CNC 3020 for some time now, Runs between $550 and 800 bucks. But never pulled the trigger since its still allot of cash, and I have been leery of reliability. But this author has a … Continue reading
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Nice candle powered fan
I like this build. The only thing I can’t figure out is what the author replaced the existing fan with. Its a metal fan but I can’t tell from what. Maybe one of those mini fans? Reason I mention this … Continue reading
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A $200 decent 3D printer?
This looks interesting, a cheap (2-3 hundred in kickstarter when it comes out) 3D printer that looks pretty robust. Its suppose to sell for $3-400 after kickstarter. Which puts it in the printrbot range. But it looks like it might … Continue reading
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Reverse Engineering a bank security token
OK I am not sure if this is cool or scary. Cool that the author reverse engineered the android app to get how the token was generated, and build code to use a cheap TI Stellaris to generate its own. … Continue reading
Random numbers with AVR
Interesting article where the author created a library to run on an AVR Tiny for random number generation. http://hackaday.com/2014/02/10/the-two-component-random-number-generator/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29
Serial port motor controller
Neat little hack to control motors via a serial port (without a board in-between). Could be useful for robot projects in the future. http://hackaday.com/2014/02/10/controlling-motors-without-a-microcontroller/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29
Xerox PARC gets spy grant
Well a grant to do research for the military. Sounds like some interesting tech. Odd thing is its PARC that got the grant. Not so much Xerox (PARC is a spin off from Xerox now, I think Xerox just owns … Continue reading
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