Monthly Archives: March 2015

Another Thermoelectric fan

Posted on March 3, 2015 by robertwilkie

I am posting this one cause its pretty straightforward build (if you don’t have to cut anything) and still looks nice. http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Airflow-Companion/

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Nice write-up on OctoPrint

Posted on March 2, 2015 by robertwilkie

I stumbled on this nice write-up on OctoPrint, a service you can run on a system like an RPi to handle g-code for a 3D Printer.  There is some chatter on the net using OctoPrint with a CNC (which would … Continue reading →

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A cardboard CNC?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by robertwilkie

Those folks at MIT have some creative stuff they build.  This time its a CNC build with a cardboard frame.  Its only for the Z & Y axis, I think.    Neat build…not so sure how stable it is.  This could … Continue reading →

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A lightweight Ubuntu, Snappy

Posted on March 2, 2015 by robertwilkie

Ubuntu has a new flavor of its release called Snappy, which is a lightwieght version of its distro.  Its goal is for VM’s, cloud based servers, and Internet of Things of course. http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/

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