Monthly Archives: April 2013

Nook color gets Cryogen 10.1 (Android 4.2)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

YEAH…I can upgrade a nook color to run almost latest and greatest  🙂 http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/04/nook-color-gets-cyanogenmod-10-1-nightlies/  

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Neat touchscreen to speaker with TI

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

This was clever, the author using at TI MSP and a touchscreen made a cooridnate system for “keys” for a piano-like setup and the TI then pipes the note thru the speaker.  Pretty clever and “cheap” http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/04/25/tiano-msp430-based-touchscreen-piano

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Study suggests outsourcing used to depress wages in US

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Gee I could have told you this one.  Its still a good article to read.  Basically the authors point out that if there was such a demand for STEM based folks in the USA, why are kids graduating in these … Continue reading →

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Another fluff article on PARC (Xerox)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

A nice little fluff article on Xerox PARC and some of the tech going on.  Reading it seems sad to me when you think about what PARC used to do. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23107426/researchers-at-parc-give-us-glimpse-future  

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IP camera + R/C car + DigiSpark + legos

Posted on April 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

Gets you an interesting little robot.  Oh its controlled over bluetooth too. http://hackedgadgets.com/2013/03/21/ip-camera-bluetooth-robot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HackedGadgets+%28Hacked+Gadgets%29

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BeagleBone going after RPi?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting the new BeagleBone board is going to be $45, where RPi is $35.  BeagleBone is a suped up RPi (well its been around longer than RPi), it has A/D on it and more horsepower, and until now, was at … Continue reading →

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Article on Working on your Own

Posted on April 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article from a gent that ended up being a consultant/contractor on his own. http://lifehacker.com/5993360/lessons-ive-learned-in-a-year-working-on-my-own

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As one Xerox call center opens…

Posted on April 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

Another one closes, this time in sunny CA.  I would love to know how it saves money to constantly open and close call centers all over the place.  I know “tax” breaks from states help (and expire) is one reason. … Continue reading →

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A simple solder iron stand

Posted on April 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

Geesh why didn’t I think of this, just use an office clip and go. http://www.instructables.com/id/Soldering-Iron-Stand-2/  

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Breadboard from IDE cables

Posted on April 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK I have seen this before.  But never did it myself (always bought boards).  But if you need a small board for a simple project, this could be a good solution. http://www.instructables.com/id/Diy-breadboard-from-old-IDE-cables/  

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