Monthly Archives: October 2015

A Skirt light build

Posted on October 20, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is a much simplier build (but costs more) than other clothing builds I have seen.  The author uses a bunch of off the shelf materials to control the LEDs, oh and power them, instead of building her own.  I … Continue reading →

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Ouch, crappy way to find out you have been laid off

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Sadly I have seen similar methods before.  I know of folks that where laid off via email.  They got into the building OK (contract workers), could get to their email, and got notices from the contract house in email they … Continue reading →

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3D print your own bikini, and clean up the ocean

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK I am not so sure about the cleaning bit.  Anyways, the authors created a material that repels water but sucks up oil and chemicals.  And used a 3D printer to print out a custom bikini with the material.  I … Continue reading →

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“People never believe I am an engineer”, UB, CEO of Xerox

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

Article is about the stem program and getting more women into it.  But the qoute from Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox just about blew me away. http://fortune.com/2015/10/13/how-to-get-girls-into-stem/

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Uh Oh, Xerox going to post first quarter loss in 5 years

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

It looks like the charge Xerox is taking in trying to get out of building medicaid/healthcare systems is going to put it at a loss for 3rd quarter.  4th quarter for Xerox is typically bad too..soo… I wonder if layoffs … Continue reading →

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A WiFi Jammer at the packet layer?

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

If I read this correctly, the authors took a cheap dongle and used it to jam wifi signals at the packet layer, not the hardware (wireless) layer for a DOS attack.  I think this way you don’t run afowl of … Continue reading →

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Turn a cheap Dollar Store LED light and convert it for UV

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

Cool video to basically take a dollar store hockey light and switch the LED’s for the UV LEDs.  Or replace with blinking LEDs http://workshop.lifehacker.com/turn-a-cheap-led-puck-light-into-a-uv-blacklight-or-col-1735596487

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Make a Star Wars Hoody

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

I can’t remember what these critters where in Star Wars. but either way, cool hoodie build. https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/hood1-feature.jpg?w=800  

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Xerox selling off more buildings

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

Xerox is selling off a bunch of its buildings it got from ACS.  I wonder what happened to all the folks that worked in those buildings… http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/10/xerox-campus-sale-plan-is-likely-to-attract-attention.html/

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Xerox getting out of Implementing Healthcare for Government agencies

Posted on October 13, 2015 by robertwilkie

It seems Xerox wants to get out of the setup and implementation of healthcare systems for governments, and just stick with the low-end stuff (manage the systems and call centers). http://www.marketwatch.com/story/xerox-to-take-240-million-charge-due-to-healthcare-implementation-2015-10-13

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