Monthly Archives: February 2013

Kodak and Xerox getting out of tradeshows

Posted on February 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Mostly tradeshows for the High End of printing.  You know printers that do hundreds of pages a minute or books/posters.  What does this mean?  Well if you are keeping tabs on either company, you can see they seem to be … Continue reading →

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Nice writeup on LED lighting

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Mostly goes over the basics such as size of LEDs, etc etc.  But its a nice guide to help you get started. http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Definitive-Guide-to-LED-Accent-Lighting/

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Cheap Arduino Robot

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Its the standard arduino with an R?C car, but this project comes with source code that could be useful in the future. http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Robot-with-Arduino/  

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CNC from Scraps

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice little CNC build with spare parts and an old scanner. Directions provided on how to do it yourself. http://www.instructables.com/id/CNC-out-of-a-scanner-cheap/  

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Make your own relay board

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on how to go about do this, but…my 2 cents, you can buy a pre-made board from china for 2-3 dollars.  ANd the parts here are most likely going to cost just as much if not more. http://www.instructables.com/id/12VDC220VAC-relay-module-for-Arduino-homemade/ … Continue reading →

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SImulator for an Arduino

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK I am not sure I would write something complicated enough to need a simulator with an arduino…but this does look pretty cool.  BUT….when its complete they plan to charge $50 for it.  🙁 http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/22/simulator-for-arduino-v0-98/  

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Enclosure for high voltage relays

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Love this idea, basically put your high voltage solid state relay inside an old laptop power supply.  They are already built to handle A/C electric.  🙂 http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/20/safe-way-of-experimenting-with-solid-state-relays-and-mains-current/  

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Researchers make a solar cell sticker

Posted on February 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Well really the figured out a well to get cells to stick to just about anything…Hum….I see solar powered kids stickers with LED’s in them in the future. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/12/researchers-develop-adhesive-solar-cells-that-can-stick-to-any-surface/?utm_source=mainrss  

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Woodworking for Geeks

Posted on February 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good notes on sites for info on woodworking oriented towards tinkers and “geeks”.  Great for folks that may have just retired from Xerox (hi guys). http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-to-build-your-own-furniture-with-these-impressive-carpentry-and-woodworking-resources/ http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/ http://woodgears.ca/ http://www.woodworkingformeremortals.com/

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Military using mini copters with cameras

Posted on February 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

This sounds pretty neat, a robot copter with a camera a soldier can carry around, til you hear that they paid 31 mill for 160 of them. http://hackaday.com/2013/02/05/military-steals-idea-of-anyone-who-ever-tied-a-cellphone-camera-to-quadcopter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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