Monthly Archives: December 2012

Amazon Web Services expected to hit 1.5 B in 2012

Posted on December 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

I never saw this one coming 6 years ago when I first took a look at VM tech.  Now back I go into the fray in my spare time. http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/27/amazon-web-services-expected-to-hit-1-5-billion-in-revenues-for-2012/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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Want a drone, print your own

Posted on December 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice build for a 3D printed out drone plane.  I really need to get my 3D printer going…. http://www.wired.com/design/2012/11/3d-printed-autonomous-airplane/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29

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USB 1.1 for MSP

Posted on December 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

Looks like someone built a USB stack for the MSP430 chip (really nice and cheap microcontroller from TI). http://hackaday.com/2012/12/03/msp430-bit-banged-usb-1-1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29 http://mecrisp.sourceforge.net/

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Gift for a Tinker

Posted on December 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice gift ideas for a tinker in electric/electronics.  Ironically I have some of this stuff already.  🙂 http://blog.makezine.com/slideshow/2012-holiday-gift-guide-arduino/view-all/

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Xerox Destined for Greatness

Posted on December 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

I can only ready the first 1/2 of the article, but it sounds like Xerox is a possible good beat for the future (stock that is). http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/12/03/is-xerox-destined-for-greatness.aspx

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The Robot that sailed thru Sandy

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

A little delayed in getting this article out.  Basically there little robot managed to make it thru Huricanne Sandy OK. http://updates.gizmodo.com/post/34905462036/this-sea-worthy-robot-sailor-surfed-straight

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Amazno EC2 now has Windows 2012

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

Amazon now allows you to rent Windows 2012.  But the article notes that unless you pay more (which you will already pay more to run Windows over Linux) the memory allocated for the server will barely be enough. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/21/amazon_does_windows_server_2012_on_ec2/

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The $13 Dollar ARM Board

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

TI’s new Stellaris board.  I FINALLY got mine in this week.  So now I have something else to try and tinker with . http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/11/a-13-arm-single-board-computer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

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Xerox may be next big writedown disaster

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

Its funny how some the of the major mag’s out there just re-publish other mag’s articles (like this one from last week, but a different title). http://www.thehour.com/business/xerox-may-be-next-big-writedown-disaster/article_68e3b19a-6a58-53b7-933d-6d234a9bc713.html

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3D scanner with an arduino, a motor, and some legos

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice writeup on building a 3D scanner.  Which you will need to scann in and print out 3D objects  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Lets-cook-3D-scanner-based-on-Arduino-and-Proces/

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