Monthly Archives: July 2015

Using a cordless drill for a generator

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting build where the author took an old cordless drill and put it on bike stand to generate power.  its a pretty simple build too. http://hackaday.com/2014/12/06/cordless-drill-turned-into-bicycle-powered-generator/

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Thats one fancy tie knot, Eldredge Knot

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK that is one fancy looking tie knot.  I stumbled on this one by accident and I was thinking this maybe perfect for a few ties I have that are really long to bunch them up a bit.  I think … Continue reading →

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Make your own self powered bike light

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting build where the author has 3D printed most of the mounting materials and then puts all the electronics together inside them.   Its a cool build, but I see lots of areas that could be improved on for costs.  Will … Continue reading →

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Xerox helps with self driving cars

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Well R&D in inflstructure for them anyways, or at least thats what the article seems to indicate.  Interesting article but not alot of meat behind it. http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/xerox-working-on-driverless-technology/15930/iuSbhWgvQ0uaL_TNAD2hiA

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Xerox Research working on car parking app

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Seems more like an engineering function than research. http://www.13wham.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/xerox-shifts-copiers-apps-more-24801.shtml

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Convert old kitchen chairs into a bench

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is a nice build.  Not so sure I would go thru all the work to strip the original chairs, and/or have enough long scrapes for the bench top.  But it looks really nice.  Me…I think I would have just … Continue reading →

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PVC wall organizer

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

I really like this wall organizer out of PVC.  And I have some leftover that would be perfect for this project.  But…I like how he glues the pipes together, but putting them on the board…I would rather see a bolt … Continue reading →

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Another interesting Hydrogen build

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

I like the overall build for this Hydrogen generator. But….why use forks?  It seems like allot of work to cut, drill, etc the forks when you could use a heatsink instead.  I like the use of the PVC pipe thought.  … Continue reading →

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Xerox going up on 2nd quarter earnings

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

I guess a big restructuring cost and meeting expectations was good for the stock, its up over $11 now.  YEAH! http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/24/xerox-results-idUSL3N1035EN20150724

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Xerox a good buy for 2020?

Posted on July 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting article.  The author goes over that Xerox is a “dead-money” stock and doesn’t look like it will do anything til 2020.  Which you could go elsewhere and then jump in around them.  What is dead-money stock?  Well baskically is … Continue reading →

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