Monthly Archives: April 2013

How a nurse found flaws to kill people off

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article on how Charles Cullen, man accused of killing god knows how many people, used a computerized medical systems flaws to get drugs that would kill people (and would then in the hospital admin the drug(s) and kill someone) … Continue reading →

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ODB-II to Android

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article on converting ODB-II information from a car into something an android tablet can use. http://hackaday.com/2013/04/28/odb-ii-hacking-using-an-android-tablet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Xerox’s CMO writes article on using social media

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Xerox has a CMO (Chief Marketing Officer).  I hate to say it, she can’t be that good since I keep tabs on Xerox and I haven’t heard of her til now. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/xeroxs_cmo_on_leading_by_examp.html

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This is a simple motor

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

I really need to get better at embedding video into this blog.  Nice video of a simple motor with the battery as the hub.  This would be a cool intro to motors for kids. http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/26/the-simplest-dc-motor-in-the-world/

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Breaking NTLMv2

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on breaking NTLMv2.  The author is using Kali Linux (spinoff from backtrack).  I haven’t tried Kali yet, but this might push me over. http://pen-testing.sans.org/blog/pen-testing/2013/04/25/smb-relay-demystified-and-ntlmv2-pwnage-with-python

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Xerox Exec goes to be come a CEO

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Scott Mingee is now the CEO of Health Systems International.  There seems to be a trend of exec’s in the technology end of Xerox leaving.  Sign of the times perhaps? http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130426-911815.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Print out an RPi Experimental board

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice little design, I have seen a few of these for Arduino but I think this is the first for a RPi. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53688

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Making penny batteries

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

I was thinking of projects for the kids, these penny (and nickel) battery with an LED ones would be a good project. http://www.instructables.com/id/Miller-Penny-battery/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Penny-and-Nickel-Battery/?ALLSTEPS

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Xerox makes a program to grade your kids

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Just what every kid wants, their homework graded by a robot (software).  I think about how bad some bots are at sorting resumes and data mining, I shiver at the thought as how kids will be graded by software like this. … Continue reading →

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Make a shimmering dress

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Oh the ideas…I think I know what to do for a haloween costume for the kids.  The only downside to this project is the cost.  If I am totaling up the hardware right, the one dress will run you $100 in materials. … Continue reading →

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