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2025
Here’s a small demo game built with Phaser, used to test how Phaser games can be embedded directly in blog posts.
Here’s a small demo game built with Phaser, used to test how Phaser games can be embedded directly in blog posts.
An interview with ChatGPT. Do you see this changing in the near future as agentic LLM models will be working on behalf of users? Yes — very likely. This would shift the landscape from passive RSS tools to active personal browsing assistants that legally act in your user context. It’s a promising direction, especially with privacy-respecting local models or trusted cloud agents.
Simple Notifications Pushover makes it easy to get real-time notifications on your Android, iPhone, iPad, and Desktop (Android Wear and Apple Watch, too!)
Send yourself native notifications from your apps and servers. Free to try, $5/month for unlimited.
My interest in file systems started when I discovered how type and creator codes1 and resource forks contributed to the fantastic user interface on my original Macintosh in 1984. In the late 1990s, when it looked like Apple might buy Be Inc. to solve its operating system problems, the Be File System was the part I was most excited about. When Apple bought NeXT instead and (eventually) created Mac OS X, I was extremely enthusiastic about the possibility of ZFS becoming the new file system for the Mac. But that didn’t happen either.
The last 48 hours have been a wild rollercoaster ride for AI hardware. On Tuesday, Google ended its I/O keynote — a roughly two-hour event with copious references to AI — with its vision for Android XR glasses. That included flashy partnerships with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, as well as the first hands-on opportunity with its prototype glasses for the developers and the majority of tech media alike. On the ground, it was among the buzziest things to come out of Google I/O — a glimpse of what Big Tech thinks is the winning AI hardware formula.
Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna featured the AI version of CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an 83-second video about its Q1 2025 results, as reported by TechCrunch. The video’s description says that his “AI avatar” is presenting the results, and the AI avatar kicks off the video by saying that “it’s me, or rather, my AI avatar.”
In the late 1970s, a time when 8-bit processors were state of the art and CMOS was the underdog of semiconductor technology, engineers at AT&T’s Bell Labs took a bold leap into the future. They made a high-stakes bet to outpace IBM, Intel, andother competitors in chip performance by combining cutting-edge 3.5-micron CMOS fabrication with a novel 32-bit processor architecture.
One aspect of this vision of the agentic web was Microsoft’s commitment to the Model Context Protocol created by Anthropic; Scott told Nilay Patel in an excellent interview in The Verge that while MCP wasn’t exactly what he would have designed from scratch, ubiquity is more important than semantic differences, particularly when you’re trying to create HTTP for AI agents.
Mac apps typically include an About window that displays basic app information such as the version number and other details. Every macOS app project comes with a default About window accessible from the main app menu. This built-in panel shows the app icon, name, version, and build number.
Top 10 ways to monitor Linux in the console
Most software tutorials are tragically flawed.
I’m a long-time Home Assistant user, and have found it an incredible way to control and monitor a wide variety of devices. Home Assistant just keeps getting better at displaying information in a friendly format, and I’ve been using it to show dashboards for everything from office lighting to server stats. The latter is the focus for this blog post: Monitoring Linux servers over MQTT using Home Assistant dashboards!
2024
A curated list of Terminal frameworks, plugins & resources for CLI lovers.
Terminal Cheatsheet for Mac (Basics)
But having 5,316,911,983,139,663,491,615,228,241,121,378,304 2 possible values made it way harder than it needed to be to write them all down. I’m not sure why the authors of the UUID spec wanted to include so many bits!
In 1980 IBM, under pressure from its customers to provide computers for personal use, not just mainframes, set out to create the IBM PC; given the project’s low internal priority but high external demand they decided to outsource two critical components: Microsoft would provide the DOS operating system, which would run on the Intel 8088 processor.
A reference design is exactly that: a design that can be used as a reference for building your own. Not mandatory design, nor for that matter a suggested design. The amateur radio station components listed here will provide you with a working station. I am purchasing these too, so that my tutorial and demonstration videos will use the reference station.
Welcome! Here you'll find a sampling of tools for connecting online including delightful musical collaboration sites, collaborative drawing sites, online galleries, weird experiments, corporate video-meeting tools, and office tools repurposed as spaces for gathering together.
The standard trope when talking about timezones is to rattle off falsehoods programmers believe about them. These lists are only somewhat enlightening – it’s really hard to figure out what truth is just from the contours of falsehood.
Hi, I’m Cabel. I was driving to Seattle and got hungry, so I stopped at a McDonalds in Centralia, WA. And when I went inside, I saw something incredible.
Always great to get another Julia Evans * wizard zines * comic. This one is on the Linux Path command.
Pitt and Clooney—they are used to living like this. Surrounded by beauty. In majestic isolation. They have been friends for nearly a quarter-century, in part because of what they share: an understanding of where the road that every young actor dreams of walking—that road that represents some intoxicating combination of money and attention and success—ends up. It ends up here. In a place a regular human could barely describe (trust me, I’m trying), let alone relate to. What else can you do but laugh?
The lab technician role was among the lowest rungs on the Social Science ladder. My boss was a tenured professor who was somehow protecting grant money by hiring a minimum-wage lab technician. Her description of the role during the interview versus what she described on my first day had little intersection.
Modern JavaScript regular expressions have come a long way compared to what you might be familiar with. Regexes can be an amazing tool for searching and replacing text, but they have a longstanding reputation (perhaps outdated, as I’ll show) for being difficult to write and understand.
Welcome to IEEE Spectrum’s 11th annual rankings of the most popular programming languages. As always, we combine multiple metrics from different sources to create three meta rankings. The “Spectrum” ranking is weighted towards the profile of the typical IEEE member, the “Trending” ranking seeks to spot languages that are in the zeitgeist, and the “Jobs” ranking measures what employers are looking for.
In our goal of trying to estimate a programming language’s popularity, we realized that no one can look over the shoulder of every person writing code, whether that be a child writing a Java script for a personal Minecraft server, a mobile app developer hoping to hit it big, or an aerospace engineer writing mission-critical code for a voyage to Mars. Our Top Programming Languages interactive tries to tackle the problem of estimating a language’s popularity by looking for proxy signals.
ContextMenu - Many years ago I found ContextMenu ($4.99) which solves all of the issues I have with the Automator approach. There’s also a free version, ContextMenu Lite, that supports up to 3 actions to give you a taste of the good stuff.
The year was 1978 and I was mowing lawns and doing odd jobs around my neighborhood to earn enough money to buy the coolest thing I had ever seen, a TRS-80 Model 1 computer at my local Radio Shack. It was awesome and changed the direction of the rest of my life. I spent all my free trime working with it and doing even more odd jobs to buy all the expansion options. I totally speced it out with a monitor, casset tape drive and eventually the expansion kit with a parallel printer. It started a life long hobby and a carreer that took me all over the county. Such great memories!
An SSH honeypot is a fake SSH server that you can run on your Raspberry Pi to capture bad actors. A user or bot attempting to access your network would get stuck in the honeypot.
With all the different types of filament available, it can be hard to keep track and know which one is best suited for your project. Bambu Lab thinks so and has released a new interactive guide to help you choose.
Mac cloud services provider MacStadium today unveiled Orka Desktop, a free virtualization tool that allows Mac users to create and manage macOS virtual machines locally via an easy-to-use admin panel.
Picamera2 WebUI is a lightweight web interface for the Raspberry Pi camera module, built on the Picamera2 Python library and using Flask. This project provides a user interface to configure camera settings, capture photos, and manage images in a basic gallery.
How can we understand the operations of technology and power in our era? Our technological systems are increasingly complex, interconnected, automated and opaque. Social institutions, from schools to prisons, are becoming data industries, incorporating pervasive forms of capture and analysis. Even places that were once off-limits to capital, from our emotional expressions to outer space, are now subject to computational control and extraction. Meanwhile, the industrial transformations in AI are
Career Advice from Jim Donovan - I stumbled upon “The Making of an Investment Banker”, a talk given by Jim Donovan to the UVA school of law, which was posted to their YouTube channel. I found the advice to be quite good, regardless of your chosen career path, investment banker or otherwise. 3 pieces of advice before starting your career / job: Read the Wall Street Journal every day, no matter what. You should read 3 articles: one macro article, such as related to what the Fed is doing with interest rates, for example. one on a specific company that recently released earnings, or a specific transaction / acquisition. one op-ed
A consortium of U.S. federal agencies has pooled their funds and wide array of expertise to reinvent the emergency vehicle. The hybrid electric box truck they’ve come up with is carbon neutral. And in the aftermath of a natural disaster like a tornado or wildfire, the vehicle, called H2Rescue, can supply electric power and potable water to survivors while acting as a temperature-controlled command center for rescue personnel.
If you were around when the Model T was first announced, you could have built the organizations that became Disney, McDonald’s and Holiday Inn, all of which were powered by cheap, plentiful cars. You could have become a major developer of suburbs, mortgage banking and even pop music record labels (car radios changed the way music was consumed).
When a resource can be used more efficiently, we end up using more of the thing, not less.
When you first start with a blank sheet, you’re forced to search your memory and put on paper what you know (or what you think you know) about a subject. As you read, you see that understanding grow as you add new knowledge to the foundation.
inxi is a handy script that provides you with the system hardware and software information about the Linux system it is executed on. Learn more about using it.
This animation of the Moon’s shadow across North America simulates the view from a spacecraft 125 miles high chasing the shadow! On April 8, 2024, everyone inside the shadow will experience the breathtaking sight of the Sun’s corona during the total solar eclipse. Totality races from Mazatlan to Newfoundland.
Jason Kottke recently said he could spend all day watching Koen van Gilst’s Pong Wars, a JavaScript-based mashup of Pong and Breakout (designed by Steve Wozniak with help from Steve Jobs) that feels like a hyperactive digital lava lamp. Pong Wars features two balls, Day and Night, that bounce according to the physics of those games. The Day ball travels through light areas and turns dark blocks light, whereas the Night ball does the reverse, turning light blocks dark.
Like pretty much any Apple device, you can directly connect a Vision Pro to external pointing devices—at least, you can connect the Magic Trackpad and some Bluetooth keyboards. I was able to get a Magic Keyboard connected to it simply by opening the Bluetooth area of the Settings app and selecting the Magic Keyboard. It really couldn’t have been easier.
iFixit's disassembly of the Vision Pro reveals several internal components, including an array of cameras and sensors, fans, lens motors, and more. Unsurprisingly, it appears that opening and repairing the headset will be difficult.
Maybe you know about the early (first?) 6502-based computer, the KIM-1 from 1976. I recently built a replica (the PAL-1) and wanted to flip through some of the original documentation. Fortunately archive.org has quite a bit of early KIM-1 texts.
The book that started it all for me. Sometime around 1979 #kim1 #6502 #robot #diy #developer
2023
The 6 Most Captivating and Addictive Space Opera Book Series of Modern Science Fiction
Overall, I like Base and Core Data Lab better, but Base has been giving me a lot of internal errors lately, and I’m unsure whether it’s still under development. However, Ducklet looks promising, so I purchased it on sale.
Artificial intelligence still can’t beat a human when it comes to programming. But it’s only a matter of time.
The cover’s hero image draws you in. What is that beautiful-looking tape deck? (And wow, even today, that thing is pretty awesome.)
Web development moves at lightning speed. I still remember when I first started using libraries like jQuery, Prototype, script.aculo.us, Zepto, and many more. Even with modern tools like Angular, VueJS, React, Solid and Svelte, we still have to deal with the Document Object Model (DOM). While these frameworks encapsulate and hide direct DOM management, they still give us access to work with the DOM via refs and event handlers.
Good pizza is rare, even though the method to create it is well known.
In 2010, Airbus initiated a research collaboration with ENAC and Université de Toulouse III on a prospective study to define and validate an “Aeronautical Font”: the challenge was to improve the display of information on the cockpit screens, in particular in terms of legibility and comfort of reading, and to optimize the overall homogeneity of the cockpit.
Ah, the comfort zone—a snug emotional space where stress is scarce and predictability prevails. While it’s not all bad, staying there too long can effectively serve as a straightjacket for your potential. Let's peel back the layers and dissect the interplay between your comfort zone, personal growth, and the 'magic' that happens when you dare to stretch your boundaries.
Shoelace: A forward-thinking library of web components.
But behind the scenes, there’s a lot more going on. I’ll describe some of what happens, and (much much more importantly!) explain some tools you can use to see what’s going on behind the scenes yourself. We’ll use readelf, strace, ldd, debugfs, /proc, ltrace, dd, and stat. I won’t talk about the Python-specific parts at all – just what happens when you run any dynamically linked executable.
“The ability to do hard things is perhaps the most useful ability you can foster in yourself or your children. And proof that you are someone who can do them is one of the most useful assets you can have on your life resume.
I got a pair of AirPod Pro earbuds and set them up for my personal hearing needs. Later that day I went for a walk in my local woods and literally gasped out loud at hearing the birds I'd been missing for some years!
When you write some code and put it on a spacecraft headed into the far reaches of space, you need to it work, no matter what. Mistakes can mean loss of mission or even loss of life. In 2006, Gerard Holzmann of the NASA/JPL Laboratory for Reliable Software wrote a paper called The Power of 10: Rules for Developing Safety-Critical Code. The rules focus on testability, readability, and predictability:
In the pre-media world, we bumped into fables, or news from across the village, but mostly, our role models and experiences were based on reality.
In the process, they've given us vivid examples of why folding phones could be more than the latest gadget gimmick or another screen to scratch. They could actually be useful. According to these fictional futures, three primary reasons stand out:
NASA keeps the original film negatives from the Apollo program sealed in a frozen vault in Houston, TX and rarely grants access to them. As a result, nearly all of the photos we see of those historic missions were made decades ago or are copies of copies. Recently, the film was cleaned and digitally scanned at "an unprecedented resolution".
A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was chatting with a friend about blogging the other day and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog post.
It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case, and it is a critique on the sort of society we are building, behind Apple’s leadership more than anyone else.
But, I’ve used essentially every major VR headset and AR device since 2013’s Oculus DK1 right up through the latest generations of Quest and Vive headsets. I’ve tried all of the experiences and stabs at making fetch happen when it comes to XR. I’ve been awed and re-awed as developers of the hardware and software of those devices and their marquee apps have continued to chew away at the “conundrum of the killer app” — trying to find something that would get real purchase with the broader public.
tldr InBrowser.App is an offline-capable PWA for tldr-pages. Fully runs in your browser. Zero API latency.
Vint Cerf is the recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor “for cocreating the Internet architecture and providing sustained leadership in its phenomenal growth in becoming society’s critical infrastructure.” PETER ADAMS
Passkeys, the popular name for FIDO, are not only easy, they offer better protection against phishing than other forms of multi-factor authentication. This is how they work.
What is a passkey? A passkey is a new way to sign in that works completely without passwords. By using the security capabilities of your devices like Touch ID and Face ID, passkeys are way more secure and are easier to use than both passwords and all current 2-factor authentication methods.
Over the last year, cloud storage services Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive—and probably others—have migrated from custom kernel extensions to Apple’s new-ish File Provider extension. It provides an Apple-approved framework for integrating remote files into macOS and displaying them in the Finder. I touched on this move a year ago in “Cloud Storage Forecast Unsettled, with Possible Storms” (4 February 2022).
Analyzing the characteristics of real-world applications is difficult. We often make generalizations about applications we see in the wild, both anecdotal and statistical: "Single-Page Applications are slower than multipage" or "apps with low TTI loaded fast". However, the extent to which these generalizations hold for the performance and architectural characteristics we care about varies. I believe one of the primary determinants of this variability are a product's features and design constraints, and classifying applications based on their features & constraints can enable more targeted and impactful solutions to the problems faced by each.
Hello! A few days back we talked about problems with floating point numbers.
The Eisenhower matrix is a popular time management tool that can help you prioritize your tasks and make the most of your time.
The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. This stretch, called Iris, will link Iceland to Ireland. In subsequent years, the Far North Fiber project will lay down a cable through the Northwest Passage, connecting Iceland to Greenland, then Canada, Alaska, and finally Japan. Far North Fiber will help increase the geographic diversity of the world’s fiber-optic network; currently, submarine cables are laid along a few well-trodden routes, leaving the network vulnerable to local hazards, like ship anchors, earthquakes, or fiber-eating sea monsters.
2022
The ANSI escape sequences you're looking for are the Select Graphic Rendition subset. All of these have the form
It is not uncommon to hear about C/C++ programming as a shorthand for “C and C++” programming. This implies that C and C++ are similar, but distinct, programming languages with the obvious interpretation being that C++ is a proper superset of C. However, this does not accurately describe the situation. The C++ programming language is inspired by the C programming language and supports much of the syntax and semantics of C, but is not a superset that is built on top of C. Despite sharing a historical relationship to one another, the languages have evolved independently and are specified in separate language standards. Due to this separation of the two specifications, incompatibilities have crept into the shared space of code that can be compiled by either a C compiler or a C++ compiler.
Last week, we blogged about the making a very small RISC-V emulator. Folks asked the author the next logical question after finding out that the emulator works: Can it run Doom?
For years, a small pedantry war has been raging in our address bars. In one corner are brands like Google, Instagram, and Facebook. This group has chosen to redirect example.com to www.example.com. In the opposite corner: GitHub, DuckDuckGo, and Discord. This group has chosen to do the reverse and redirect www.example.com to example.com.
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS is a long time. It’s so long that most of us don’t remember a time before the transistor, and long enough for many engineers to have devoted entire careers to its use and development. In honor of this most important of technological achievements, this issue’s package of articles explores the transistor’s historical journey and potential future.
APIs for Personal Weather Station Contributors
Culture shifts. But it’s held in place by norms, and those are driven by status and affiliation.
IF GRAIN MUST be dragged to market on an oxcart, how far can it go before the oxen eat up all the cargo? This, in brief, is the problem faced by any transportation system in which the vehicle must carry its own fuel. The key value is the density of energy, expressed with respect to either mass or volume.
Raspberry Pi Pico W brings WiFi to the Pico platform while retaining complete pin compatibility with its older sibling, and now as of CircuitPython 8.0.0-beta.2, there is CircuitPython WiFi support for the Pico W! This guide includes examples for testing your WiFi connection, using requests to pull JSON feeds, ping API's and log sensor data for IoT projects; all using CircuitPython!
Persistence-of-vision, or POV, displays work on the principle that if a light blinks in front of your eye, you perceive it for some amount of time after it’s gone. Blink lights in sequence when moving, and you can create what looks like a static image. “Programmer with a soldering iron” B45i found a deal on ATtiny13 microcontrollers for roughly $.30 each, and was able to create a POV display with one for less than a dollar.
In this blog post, I want to refine your mental model for Flexbox. We'll build an intuition for how the Flexbox algorithm works, by learning about each of these properties. Whether you're a CSS beginner, or you've been using Flexbox for years, I bet you'll learn quite a bit!
Kiosks are designed to offer users specific information or a specific experience, while preventing access to any other activities on the device. They are often found in airports, shops, hospitals, cafes, and museums — any location where people need easy access to information or services like timetables, waiting times, product information, directions, self check-in machines, and so on.
When was a word first used in print? You may be surprised! Enter a date below to see the words first recorded on that year. To learn more about First Known Use dates, click here.
Dutch daredevil Mark of The Flying Dutchmen shared stunning 4K POV footage of a coaster ride down a mountain into the Oeschinen Valley in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
Back in college I used to run part of my website from a Linux box in my room. I made it into a speech synthesiser, and people could connect to the machine to talk into my flat.
NOVEMBER MARKS THE 50th anniversary of Pong. Why should we care?
This installation enables a live plant to control a machete. plant machete has a control system that reads and utilizes the electrical noises found in a live philodendron. The system uses an open source micro-controller connected to the plant to read varying resistance signals across the plant’s leaves. Using custom software, these signals are mapped in real-time to the movements of the joints of the industrial robot holding a machete. In this way, the movements of the machete are determined based on input from the plant. Essentially the plant is the brain of the robot controlling the machete determining how it swings, jabs, slices and interacts in space.
Now, you don't just go hooning any old EV around the strip, at least not if you're Ken Block. In this case, his ride is a stunning one-off electric Audi, the S1 Hoonitron, inspired by the 1987 Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak car.
Building and testing different types of Lego Pneumatic Engines that run on compressed air.
A university group named the GreenTeam, from the University of Stuttgart set the Guinness World Record for the fastest 0-62 mph (0-100 kph) electric vehicle acceleration in a 1.461-sec 0-62 mph run.
Whether they are used for powering information displays, automating testing, controlling machinery, monitoring an environment, or doing other tasks, enterprises see Raspberry Pis as serious devices for doing serious tasks. Each model has a long product lifecycle—even the older models (1B+, 2B, 3A+, 3B, and 3B+) will remain in production until at least January 2026. There is little risk that they will go obsolete, so you can maintain a sufficiently large stock and treat them as modular components that you replace rather than fix.
How can we “fingerprint” a codebase to see its structure at a glance? Let’s explore ways to automatically visualize a GitHub repo, and how that could be useful.
The crossed spikes that you see in some images of stars are not actually parts of the stars. They are imaging artifacts that are created by the telescope itself and are called diffraction spikes. Certain telescopes have a large primary mirror that focuses the incoming beam of light onto a secondary mirror or a sensor that is held over the primary mirror. The secondary mirror diverts the light out of the telescope so it can be seen or further processed. Or, alternately, a sensor held above the primary mirror converts the image to an electrical signal that is delivered to a computer.
The entire Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub and published by Apress, is available here. All content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license. Print versions of the book are available on Amazon.com.
When life gives you lemons, write better error messages
At a macro level, you learn programming concepts that are largely transferable regardless of language. The syntax may differ, but the core ideas are still the same. This can include things like: data-structures (arrays, objects, modules, hashes), algorithms (searching, sorting), architecture (design patterns, state management) and even performance optimizations (e.g. eager vs lazy evaluation, memoization, caching, lazy-loading etc). These are concepts you’ll use so frequently that knowing them backwards can have a lot of value.
Manton Reece and Brent Simmons — have noticed that JSON has become the developers’ choice for APIs, and that developers will often go out of their way to avoid XML. JSON is simpler to read and write, and it’s less prone to bugs.
Python provides a getopt module that helps you parse command-line options and arguments.
This repository contains Ansible examples developed to support different sections of Ansible for DevOps, a book on Ansible by Jeff Geerling.
By doing open source contributions, you will learn a lot. It allows you to become a part of the open-source community. It can be hard at the beginning, but it’s definitely worth it.
GitHub uses a syntax called Markdown to format text. As many Python folks use GitHub, here’s a handy reference to how Markdown encodes the typical document formats including bold/italic/lists and much more – Twitter (open for full two page reference).
Running Virtual Machines Under Vagrant on the New Mac M1
The Internet Pi runs Pi-hole for DNS privacy and ad-blocking, and Prometheus and Grafana to provide Internet connection monitoring dashboards.
The process of changing the DNS server on your Raspberry Pi is a pretty simple process and involves modifying a single file. In addition to showing you what file you will need to edit, we will also walk you through a couple of methods of ensuring your Raspberry Pi is using your newly set DNS.
Allows you to paste formatted URLs into md documents in VS Code
Microsoft announces the availability of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio @Code - August 2022. Updates include a new Python Tools extension template, Web app debug setups that are automatically generated and more. #Python #Jupyter
"Docker-composing" a Python 3 Flask App Line-by-Line
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In computer networking, link aggregation is the combining (aggregating) of multiple network connections in parallel by any of several methods, in order to increase throughput beyond what a single connection could sustain, to provide redundancy in case one of the links should fail, or both. A link aggregation group (LAG) is the combined collection of physical ports.
Join me in an hour as we review the new @pimoroni Enviro range of sensors, all of which have the @Raspberry_Pi Pico W aboard. It's a hot one today, so this seemed an appropriate show! #sensors #micropython #raspberrypi #picow #influxdb #nodered #grafana
Synology NAS supports multi-LAN, allowing you to combine those LAN interfaces using the Link Aggregation technology. Link Aggregation increases the bandwidth of your Synology NAS by aggregating multiple network interfaces and provides traffic failover to maintain network connection in case the connection is down.
Adaptive Load Balancing: This mode optimizes the network traffic received and sent by Synology NAS devices regardless of whether Link Aggregation is enabled or not. To avoid unexpected circumstances, do not enable Link Aggregation even though it is supported.
Link Aggregation (LACP) will allow you to increase the bandwidth TO and FROM your Synology NAS. In summary, this will allow more clients to send data to and from your NAS without decreased performance. To be clear, this will not double the network speed for a single client.
I visited the Compliant Mechanisms Research group at Brigham Young University and spoke to Professor Larry Howell:
The kilogram, mole, kelvin, and ampere will be redefined by physical constants
RadioShackCatalogs.com is primarily an archive of old RadioShack catalogs from 1939-2011.
Casey Handmer's plan to refill the Colorado River from the Pacific with just 15GW of power.
I went with Flickr. It turns out I already had an account… since 2005. Heh.
The Raspberry Pi is not limited to Raspberry Pi OS. It’s the official distribution, but is far from being the only one. Depending on the model you use, your goals, and your personal preferences, it might be a good idea to examine other options. I tested all of the other options and share my favorites in this post, which should be a great starting point for you.
Apple used the Razer Blade 15 Advanced as a point of comparison for the performance of the M1 Max chip. Here's how the rest of the notebook compares against the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
The Razer Blade 14 has been updated for 2022 to make it more powerful, but it has to fight with the 14-inch MacBook Pro as a creator's choice notebook. Here's how the two laptops compare.
Autofocus Variations Can Ruin Your Focus Accuracy
This drone fly-through of Tesla's new factory in Berlin is amazing. I've never seen anything quite like this – the drone flies through cars being assembled and machinery in between cycles of stamping out parts.
The Mad Ned Memo covers the development of computer technology over the past 40 years to the present day, from someone who has been there through it all. Stories and commentary on the early years of the microprocessor and home computer, the gaming revolution from arcade to mobile platform, hardware and software hacking adventures, and the titanic and sometimes strange shifts in technology that we’ve seen in our lives.
The Raspberry Pi Imager is a great piece of software for preparing your SD cards for use with Raspberry Pis. However, if you’re setting up a number of Raspberry Pis you will find that you still need to connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to them to complete the …
Take a deep dive into modern web browsers and see how it all works!
Rsync, or Remote Sync, is a free command-line tool that lets you transfer files and directories to local and remote destinations. Rsync is used for mirroring, performing backups, or migrating data to other servers.
Use Scriptable app to run javascript in a widget on your iOS device.
How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? 3.141592653589793. That’s it. For the whole visible universe!
There are several Community Plugins used to create the 64Zbit.com website. Here are a list of the ones I'm currently using.
When you need to hide something, but still want them to be able to see it later. Of course, they could just look at the source.
Pretty nice looking fonts. Check out the details here:
Google Fonts Blog: Flow and Redacted: Check out these new options for wireframes and other …
Moxie Marlinspike shares his first impressions of Web3. Seems that Web3 is already a mess.
Todays the day the First Robotics Rapid React competition is revealed.
This plugin allows the use of Jinja2 directives inside your Pelican articles and pages.
A short article on how to work with images so they display correctly in Obsidian and when published with Pelican.
I created an Air Quality Index gadget made from a Raspberry Pi Zero W with a tiny OLED screen from Adafruit. It shows the AQI from my local PurpleAir sensor. I created a Flask web server on the Pi so I could remotely see the AQI and change the PurpleAir sensor ID.
It's been in the works for awhile, but today I updated my production server settings to show the new website based on the Pelican static site generator.
2021
This plugin generates an index for searching content on a Pelican-powered site.
Tips and ideas on best way to publish a static site generated with Pelican using the Makefile and creating Obsidian commands.
European civilization is built on ham and cheese, which allowed protein to be stored throughout the icy winters.
SQLite is a commonly misunderstood database. I myself first heard of the database when I was experimenting with android app development. My thoughts were that since the database was a single file and its name had lite in it, that it could not be taken seriously. But I could not have been more wrong. Now I love sqlite and use it for much of my scientific research. Sqlite is everywhere. It is on every android phone, airplanes, and the storage for many computer applications. The sqlite website details when using sqlite would be appropriate to use and can be summarized with these three questions.
And if you haven't seen this, well then. Let's fix that right now. Via @Oatmeal.
Raspberry Pi Zero W
The ping command is a built in linux and macOS command that shows the performance of the network connection to a remote server. It can be used to log network performance issues over time. The default ping command displays the results to standard output (the shell window). Used with the …
For a long time I've wanted a quick way to save text snippets in a timestamped, quickly searchabe form. Today I created a Better Touch Tool keyboad shortcut to save text snippets to a specific DayOne journal.
Here are the details on github so that you too can enjoy this …
2020
The book that started it all for me. Sometime around 1979 #kim1 #6502 #robot #diy #developer
How to install Ubuntu Desktop on Raspberry Pi 4 | Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
Install Ubuntu Desktop on Raspberry Pi 4
Covers the basics of updating your Pi 4 to USB boot …
"The Plutonians are not happy with us calling their home a 'dwarf' planet. So when they discovered a trick in the space time continuum they sent an infinite number of drones to attack Earth. We created an energy weapon that can siphon off the energy from the drones weapons. This powers the Earths vessel and creates a powerful energy shield. Remember, don't let even one alien escape!"
I've been doing this for decades and now I want to be an HTML5 game devloper. I'm starting with a server! Well, I have very little experience with game development, graphics, animation, sound, so it's going to be a fun journey.
Stories in the pipeline:
- VSCode Remote
- Installing Docker, Docker-Compose …
So, Jason Snell got me hooked on BitBar (BitBar (by Mat Ryer - @matryer) lets you put the output from any script/program in your Mac OS X Menu Bar.) and I've been working on a plugin ever since. Here's a quick way to get your current Wi-Fi SSID.
function display-ssid …We all work together. I always try to assume the other person is asking a serious question. Depending on how tired I am I may not answer in the best way. Here are some tips to stay on track.
How to answer questions in a helpful way
How to think like a programmer — lessons in problem solving
by Richard Reis How to think like a programmer — lessons in problem solvingBy Richard Reis [https://twitter.com/richardreeze]If you’re interested inprogramming, you may well have seen this quote before: > “Everyone in this country should learn to program …
"This classic Zen Buddhist collection of 49 koans with commentary by Mumon was originally published in 1934, and later included in Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki's popular anthology Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. Due to non-renewal it is currently in the public domain in the US (although other parts of Zen …
I love this and will need it sooner than I expect.
"Atkinson Hyperlegible font is named after Braille Institute founder, Robert J. Atkinson. What makes it different from traditional typography design is that it focuses on letterform distinction to increase character recognition, ultimately improving readability."
I'm terrible a playing music, this helps.
Hey Siri, Play Some Music: All the Music Commands (and more …)
How to play Music by Activity and Mood
Apple Music has a couple of not so obvious activities and moods, which you can use to specify what to play:
- *Hey Siri play …
I just installed Nodemon in my development Docker container. Here are the details.
Game developers need a quick and easy server solution. Docker, nodejs, mysql, sqlite, socket.io are working great for me. This is part of my upcoming series on how to make it all work. Its way, WAY …
Configure Ghost and Prism to provide code syntax highlighting for all popular formats including javascript, php, html, css, markdown and more.
Ghost is a great CMS and it's easy to add a code syntax highlighter such as Prism.
Versions
Ghost version 3.3
Prism version 1.21
Prism
There are …
Studio Ghibli just announced they’ll be uploading 50 free stills from each of their movies: “feel free to use them as you wish, within the bounds of common sense”
2017
@photonstorm Thanks to @thomaspalef for this excellent resource. . Worth every penny.
I’m a big Apple fan and I have lots of Apple products and the real problem is that iOS is boring. Tim Cook is known for efficiency and Jonathan Ive loves his basic looks, however, when combined they are boring! iOS used to have lots of little details that …
2016
The Anatomy of the Underwater Fiber Optic Cables That Connect the Internet
An Explanation for Why People Don’t Often See ‘B’ Batteries
Everything starts somewhere...
The Internet of Things - Nuts & Volts Magazine - For The Electronics Hobbyist
NUTS & VOLTS MAGAZINE (NOVEMBER2014)
THE INTERNET OF THINGS By Bryan Bergeron View Digital Edition
» Skip to the Extras Since the birth of the Internet, there has been talk of total connectivity — between people, people and their …
The Joy of Tech comic... A gathering of robots!
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AI, Apple and Google — Benedict Evans
There are really two things going on here - you’re using voice to fill in a dialogue box for a query, and that dialogue box can run queries that might not have been possible before. Both of these are enabled by machine learning, but …
‘We Hardly Understand Anything’: Rodney Brooks On Artificial Intelligence | Radio Boston
If you’re going to talk about robots, there’s no better person to talk with than Rodney Brooks. He’s the former director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He’s also co-founder of two …
Robot Surgeons Are Taking Over the Operating Room - IEEE Spectrum
Advanced surgical robots are already helping doctors perform operations with previously unimaginable precision. But fairly soon, doctors may be able to hand the scalpel over entirely—at least for simple, repetitive procedures—freeing up human surgeons’ valuable time for more …
Researchers want robots to feel pain | The Verge
Researchers in Germany are developing a way for robots to feel pain, in the hopes that doing so will enable them to better protect humans. The researchers, from Leibniz University of Hannover, are working on an "artificial robot nervous system to teach …
Rethinking Knowledge in the Internet Age - Los Angeles Review of Books
The internet started out as the Information Highway, the Great Emancipator of knowledge, and as an assured tool for generating a well-informed citizenry. But, over the past 15 years, that optimism has given way to cynicism and fear — we …
Robots are doing more and more human jobs. We need a plan on how the majority of humans will survive when there is no work for them to do. How do we need to change our economy so that everyone benefits from the work robots are doing, not just the …
Robots are faster than we are. How long before we just race robots?
http://www.slashgear.com/puma-made-a-robotic-shoebox-to-help-runners-train-30438359/
Guns won’t protect us from the robots.
http://boingboing.net/2016/04/26/riot-control-robot-unveiled-in.html
How should I parse user input in a text adventure game? - Game Development Stack Exchange
We are all robots in one way or another. We all have goals and we all have constraints that we have to work within. There's nothing wrong with being a robot, we just have to accept it.
2015
Bits of Cents — Disassembling the Dash
Disassembling the Dash On Thursday I got an email from Amazon saying I had been selected to try out two Dash buttons at zero cost. To be honest it as kind of surprising given that although we order from them plenty, I can’t …
Arduino IDE Becomes More Open, Less Snarky | Hackaday
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KIM-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remembering the good ole days. This was one of my first computers. I had to punch in the hex values into memory locations. It was the brains of my for Robot project. I was in high school back in about 1980.
The KIM-1 consisted of …
Our friends at Adafruit posted an article from SaturdayMorningCartoons explaining the JPG image format and how image compression works.
More info at: All About The JPEG #SaturdayMorningCartoons « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Finally! It has been over a week since I could access this site from my home ISP. Everything looked ok on the traceroute except the very last IP would not respond. No email, no ftp, no web. In fact for all 800+ websites on the same hosted server, they were …
2014
Apple released the details of their iOS security and all we get from the news is crickets. Think about this a moment. We have more important information on-line then we have ever had in the history of the world. It has always been at risk and there are daily news …
Everyone is designing a new watch that looks and acts just like an old watch. Look at Pebble, look at Samsung. They don’t get it. If Apple were to design a new watch it wouldn’t look and act like an old watch with just a few features added …
A tiny Wi-Fi development board that makes it easy to create internet-connected hardware. The Core is all you need to get started; power it over USB and in minutes you'll be controlling LEDs, switches and motors and collecting data from sensors over the internet!
No need …
NEW PRODUCT – Rosie Revere, Engineer « adafruit industries blog
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Easy build: Make a bubble in a Q-tip cube
Everyone should make a square bubble.
More info at: Easy build: Make a bubble in a Q-tip cube
MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer
New Leading-Edge Printers
At MakerBot, we’ve been making professional-quality 3D printers affordable and accessible since 2009. In that short time we’ve released four generations of 3D printers, helping unleash a worldwide 3D printing revolution in art and design, engineering and manufacturing, architecture …
2013
▶ The Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and 'walk' - YouTube
Everyone should see this.
More info at: ▶ The Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and 'walk' - YouTube
Arcade/SpaceInvaders – Computer Acheology
Wow, this brings back memories! From the Z80 assembly language to the hardware specs. Those were the days.
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09A7: 23 INC HL ; ... screen ...
09A8: 66 LD H,(HL) ; ... coordinates ...
09 …Everyone should have the opportunity to code. Join in here: http://code.org/learn
Blokify 3D Modeling Software | MAKE
Electronics Workshop Craft Science Home Art & Design Maker Pro SUBSCRIBE Projects Blog Magazine Videos Skill Builders Reviews Events Shop Forums Education Blokify 3D Modeling Software By Goli Mohammadi Posted 10/10/2013 @ 5:40 pm Category 3D Printing, General, Kids & Family Comments 0
Last month …
This is what a Filled-up Maker’s Notebook Looks Like
A two year journey of one editor's battered Maker's Notebook.
More info at: This is what a Filled-up Maker’s Notebook Looks Like
Every spaceship ever. To size. Compiled by Dirk Loechel.
More info at: Every spaceship ever
EE Bookshelf: The International System of Units, 8th Edition
Have you ever wondered what the official SI unit for magnetic field strength is (hint: ampere per metre), or maybe kinematic viscosity (square metre per second), or perhaps the correct abbreviations or symbols for some specific SI unit or value? The …
The Simpsons' secret formula: it's written by maths geeks | Television & radio | The Observer
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Teach kids programming — Medium
Updated September 15, 2013
2 min read Teach kids programming A collection of resources
I’ve been gathering the best resources to teach children & teens programming — books, environments, apps, courseware and games.
These resources are meant for teachers and parents who want to have their children …
Easy 6502 ebook (with a built-in emulator)
Why 6502? Why not a useful assembly language, like x86? Well, I don’t think learning x86 is useful. I don’t think you’ll ever have to write assembly language in your day job – this is purely an academic exercise …
Electronics Workshop Craft Science Home Art & Design Maker Pro SUBSCRIBE Projects Blog Magazine Videos Skill Builders Reviews Events Shop Forums Education MAKE: PROJECTS Smartphone Servo By Kazuhisa “Kazu” Terasaki Category: Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Robotics Time Required: 30 minutesDifficulty: Easy Comments 2
Smartphones have become our primary interface …
Beautifully rendered electromagnetic radiation chart from 1944
Electromagnetic radiation infographic from 1944 is beautiful, informative
At some point in the last few decades, someone took a poster and stuffed it in an unused office at Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL). The poster was made by the W.M Welch Scientific …
Think outside the cereal box to create an upcycled robot! Anyone who’s a fan of MAKE must, at a minimum, appreciate a good robot when they see it. So when there’s an easy way to create a robot from materials you have in your kitchen …
Retro Wooden Robot Nut Crackers
Matthias Zschaler designed two retro-styled wooden Nut Crackers for SUCK UK that look like robots. To operate them, the nut goes in the robot’s tummy and the key is turned to crack open the shell. They are available to purchase at SUCK UK.
…Robot …
Eleven iPad-centric schools to open in the Netherlands
Eleven schools in The Netherlands plan to replace blackboards, schedules and more with iPads. In fact, each student's entire educational career will hinge on Apple's revolutionary tablet device.
Scheduled to open this August, the so-called "Steve Jobs Schools" will host about 1 …
Robotic Machine Vision Software
RoboRealm® is an application for use in computer vision, image analysis, and robotic vision systems. Using an easy point and click interface RoboRealm simplifies vision programming! With an inexpensive USB webcam and the PC you already have you can now add machine vision to your robotic …
How-To: A Quick and Sturdy Wood Box
At some point we're all going to need to build a box. Whether it's to keep a tool safe, or build a project enclosure, knowing how to make a box that's a custom size really comes in handy.
\$275 from the MakerShed.
With the Arduino Robot, you can learn about electronics, mechanics, and software. It is a tiny computer on wheels. It comes with a number of of project examples you can easily replicate, and it is a powerful robotics platform that you can hack to …
The Arduino Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels. The robot has two processors, one on each of its two boards. The Motor Board controls the motors, and the Control Board reads sensors and decides how to operate. Each of the boards is a full Arduino board …
MAKE | Introducing New Column from Arduino’s Massimo Banzi
Ask any maker what the hottest subjects are in DIY electronics these days, and odds are the first answer will be Arduino. Since the earliest boards were built in 2005 to enable students to run interactive design projects with open-source tools …
Sparki - The Easy Robot for Everyone! by ArcBotics — Kickstarter
Easy, affordable, feature packed Arduino robot. Comes w/ sensors motors and more. Great intro to programming/electronics/robots
New: Drag-and-Drop
We're partnering with MiniBloq to bring Drag-and-Drop programming to Sparki! Easy robot programming, bringing the age range down to elementary, and …
RoboBrrd : Your DIY Educational Robotic Pet!
Another cool robot from RobotGrrl.
Buddy 4000 Your Fun Robot!
A classy robot chassis designed to express robot emotions with an artistic flair
More info at: RoboBrrd : Your DIY Educational Robotic Pet!
A cool video of some awesome robots by Jack Conte.
More info at: Site of J. Edgar Park
#adafruit6secs - The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival
The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! #adafruit6secs
Call For Entries: Announcing The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! Share your cool project in 6 seconds of video and win up to \$600 at the Adafruit store, with six runners up winning …
Lego's Mindstorms EV3 programmable robots have character - YouTube
The next generation of Lego's programmable robotics kit is teaches kids how to program, but also offers something for adult enthusiasts.
More info at: Lego's Mindstorms EV3 programmable robots have character - YouTube
HowStuffWorks "How Robots Work"
On the most basic level, human beings are made up of five major components:
A body structure
A muscle system to move the body structure
A sensory system that receives information about the body and the surrounding environment
A power source to activate the muscles and …
Why your 8-year-old should be coding | VentureBeat
April 12, 2013 9:01 AM Jolie O'Dell
Learn-to-code startups abound these days, but one in particular is focusing on the very young and is having some success in elementary schools around the country — even underserved schools with no budgets for STEM but …
Welcome to the new home of d11.me. I have moved the Url to robotcraft.org and hopefully everything has transferred successfully. You will need to reregister to make a new comment and you will need to update the RSS feeds. Thanks for putting up with the confusion.
Doug
The world just keeps on changing. Never bet against it.
Fraser Speirs - Blog - Teaching Programming with iOS and Amazon EC2
I just shut down the Amazon EC2 instance we've been using all school year, so I thought it was worth reflecting on. Last August, I wrote about my new approach …
When Did Intelligent Life Emerge in the Universe? » A Curious Mind
Figure 1. The Helix Nebula; the gaseous outer layers expelled by a dying star. The ejected material enriches the interstellar medium (from which new stars and planets form) with carbon. Credit: NASA, ESA, C. R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt University …
Announcing LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 04/01/2013 Coming Fall 2013: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Create and command robots that do what you want.
With LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 you can turn your LEGO creations into live robots that follow your every command. The new LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set …
Now we are getting somewhere. This is really cool.
Dynamic Robot Manipulation – Brick throwing robot « adafruit industries blog
BigDog handles heavy objects. The goal is to use the strength of the legs and torso to help power motions of the arm. This sort of dynamic, whole-body approach is routinely used …
The ultimate robot!
Oreo Separator Machine #1 « adafruit industries blog
A detailed look into the complex world of Oreo separation- featuring music by my band, Anamanaguchi
Cool new way to program the NXT. Will have to follow this to see how it turns out...
Enchanting : Enchanting : Enchanting
What is Enchanting?
Enchanting is a tool to allow children an easy-to-understand way to program LEGO MINDSTORMS NXTrobots. It is based on Scratchand BYOB/Snap!, and powered by leJOS …
I just backed a Kickstarter project!
Next Generation LiveCode (Open Source) by RunRev Ltd — Kickstarter
LiveCode is like a next generation version of HyperCard. It is used to create #1 one app store apps, real-time flight booking systems and control satellites. It is used to create simple one off apps …
Can't wait to see Mark Frauenfelder at the science museum next week!
Celebrity Lecture Series | Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
February 28, 2013 Mark Frauenfelder The Maker Movement – 7 pm Adult \$12 Children (2-12)/Senior (65+) \$10.00
Mark Frauenfelder is the editor-in-chief of Make magazine, the leading …
Hans is the 'old man' of the group. He tends to be nervous and is often indecisive. Hans frequently changes his mind, and is a little fidgety (he oscillates) when he's …
Review: Marware Axis and MicroShell Folio iPad mini cases | 9to5Mac
Marware, one of the leading accessory makers for Apple’s mobile devices, has sent us two of their latest iPad mini cases for review. Both cases are unique in their own right, but both are built with versatility and quality …
2012
Posted on December 6, 2012 by RobotGrrl
Last night was the final countdown for the RoboBrrd Indiegogo campaign, we surpassed our stretch goal!
Big thanks to all the new and old friends of RoboBrrd, for backing the project and/or spreading the word!
We will be keeping everyone in the …
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That's one amazing robot!
From Discovery Bad Astronomy Blog
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Finally getting around to turning on iTunes match. I only have about 4,000 songs in my library. It will be interesting to see how many match their database.
For the past years, Apple has been showcasing the educational advantages of devices like Macs, iPhones and iPods on its Apple in Education website. Since the introduction of the iPad in 2010, however, the company has been making an effort to position the device as the best tool now available …
Get Started with Arduino and iOS
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into the hub of a distributed sensor network with the help of an Arduino microcontroller. For Objective-C programmers who like to experiment, Alasdair Allan's new video and related ebook explain the …
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Sounds like they will need a lot of robots!
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Hmmm... getting closer and closer to mainstream.
3D printing is here is is already changing how we think about manufacturing. The custom, one-up, goods industry is ready to explode!
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I still like the idea of STEM including Art (STEAM). I have a degree in computer science and have worked in large aerospace companies for 25 years and every day I wished that more people understand the fundamentals of art and how it impacts humans. We could …
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We are going to use this for the Boy Scout Robotics Merit Badge!
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[STEM is one of those edu-acronyms that gets tossed out at large conferences, as models for new innovative schools, and a “catch all” for science and math stuff lately, yet it still seems to mystify many teachers. An informal poll of teachers in my district revealed that …
Here is a short program that demonstrates using Processing.js. It is all built into modern browsers, no plug-ins required.
Check out this website I found at oldcomputermuseum.com
This takes me back. What a collection. I've owned hundreds of computers over the years. I wonder if I could think of them all.
Adafruit has their new GPS module out. Looks great, good features and good price.
I just purchased a new wireless IP camera from Amazon and it works great. I didn't use any of the software that came with the camera and I did it all with my Macbook or I could have done it all with my iPhone or iPad.
IP Cameras
I've been …
Check out this website I found at darpa.mil
I've always said that mobile robots will not be fully useful until they understand and can utilize momentum. We are finally on our way.
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Can't wait.
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I'm not colored blind, but I really like this app!
Give it five minutes Jason F. Mar 01
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A few years ago I used to be a hothead. Whenever anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push back hard if something didn’t fit my world-view.
It’s like …
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Very cool. I've been looking for a good way to teach programming on the iPad. Adding this to my to-do list.
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This is cool. A classroom from the ISS showing how different simple machines work on Earth and in the microgravity of space.
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This looks very interesting. I've been thinking of a way to get kids interested even faster. I will have to get one and try it out.
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Nice. This is the iron I use now. The difference the cord makes is astounding. It keeps the heat up and is light weight. Highly recommended.
Dear Mr. Kalil,
I cannot tell you how overjoyed I am that our Nation’s leaders have finally opened an intrigued eye to the blossoming Maker movement. Your speech following the Maker Faire in New York was encouraging, exciting, and promising. It put a well deserved spotlight on the achievements …
Wow, these are great videos. I'm not sure how I've not heard of them before.
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Not about robots, but without this kind of knowledge then the rest just doesn't matter.
Control your Arduino, control the world with Hotkeys on your Mac.
This is a great little project that I just completed. The programming is the cool part. You just go to their website and they have a little javascript page that you can type in your message. You set you Blinky to receive mode and it programs by …
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Very useful and just the beginning!
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Wow, this is real right now! We should all be learning how to design and print objects in 3D.
Once you're ready then you can design your own printed circuit board.
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Not much is required to make and sell your own kits. Just get started!
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The Internet of Things is coming. Are you prepared?
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Hmmm... I wonder what I could do with a bunch of these?
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I've been waiting for their recommendation. This really looks like the one to get. Any electronics workshop should have one!
Perfect when you just can't wait to take something apart.
So, it is already bigger that I realized. Production parts are already being flown on aircraft.
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Not a robot, but very cool just the same.
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This is a great 8 minute introduction to FIRST robotics and what it is trying to accomplish. I agree with everything he says here. You can't just be informed, you have to know how to think.
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Wow, just wow! Taking control of the physical world is here.
2011
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Combine your LEGO sets to create other sets.
I'm not really big into making predictions but there are several technology forces all coming together that will lead to significant changes in our society in the next few years.
1. Robotics - Take Apple's Siri and Honda's Asimo and you could have a really useful robot assistant around the house …
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You should always know which way is up.
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LEGO Education. They offer great programs for all kids. They are teaching kids how to make a difference in their future.
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Vote for your favorite Internet of Things open platform.
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Great ideas. Nice to see the Internet of Things (IoT) growing so quickly.
Robotic Open Platform via Erin…
Robotic Open Platform (ROP) aims to make hardware designs of robots available under an Open Hardware license to the entire robotic community. It provides CAD drawings, electric schemes and the required documentation to build their own robot. In the near future, standard electromechanic interfaces between …
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Document your prototype, share them with others, teach electronics and create PCB layouts.
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It keeps moving forward.
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Arduino 1.0 is here!!! It's all the rage, everyone is talking. Go take a look and make something today.
Well my niece, brother and dad found an old picture of the first robot I built back in the 1980's. I was still in high school. It was powerful enough the kids could ride it around the house.
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All the Make: books you can shake a stick at. A nice find by my brother!
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This is why I do it. It is very important for kids to understand. STEM is their best future and the best future for America.
Kits, kits and more kits. Find one you like and build it. There is no better time than now to get started.
from The Cyberiad
One day Trurl the constructor put together a machine that could create anything starting with n. When it was ready, he tried it out, ordering it to make needles, then nankeens and negligees, which it did, then nail the lot to narghiles filled with nepenthe and numerous …
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Great introduction to the tools and techniques required to make a good solder connection.
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Our kids can no longer expect to work for a large corporation when they grow up. All of the benefits that used to be there are quickly disappearing. We need to be teaching our kids how to be Entrepreneurs.
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Now that's a comic book I really like.
Arduino \@radioshack – the official post from Radioshack congrats \@arduinoteam
The Shack® Blog – We Listened: Arduino Is Coming via DP.
A few months ago, we reached out to our community and asked what DIY parts and pieces you wished you could find at your local RadioShack store. We were overwhelmed with …
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This is what it is all about. Letting the kids experience learning first hand that does not include sitting at a desk and being lectured.
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Photo: Randi Silberman Klett
The Arduino core team [from left]—David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, David Mellis, and Massimo Banzi—get together at Maker Faire in New York City.
The picturesque town of Ivrea, which straddles the blue-green Dora Baltea River in northern Italy, is famous for its underdog …
![The Arduino core team [from left]—David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, David Mellis, and Massimo Banzi—get together at Maker Faire in New York City.](http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/arduino01-1319573198164.jpg)
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Nice calculator. Should keep this around just in case...
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Good introduction video on using a breadboard for your electronic experiments.
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This looks so cool. It is just very pricy. Not sure I could afford this for the kids I'm working with.
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My favorite product of the day. My new PanaVise PV Jr. It is perfect for holding circuit boars while soldering. Just received two from Amazon.
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Here is the one to get for the Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge.
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I love the idea of controlling robots with cell phones. This just seems very cool. I would like to build a robot with an iPhone or iPod touch as its micro controller.
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All the details you need to get started on the Boy Scouts Robotics merit badge. I hope to get all the kits and documentation ready and have a scout day at the house.
Getting Started with Arduino
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Introduction: What Arduino is and why you'd want to use it. | Instructions for other boards: | | | | | Installation: Step-by-step instructions for setting up the Arduino software and connecting it to an Arduino Uno, Mega2560, Duemilanove, Mega, or Diecimila. | - Arduino Nano | | | - Arduino Mini | | - Windows | - Arduino BT | | - Mac OS X …
This is a fantastic book about Robot competitions and how important the skills learned by the kids are valuable throughout life and to the future of our country. I highly recommend it to everyone interested in robots, education and building a strong country.
Just ordered this basic kit. I've been wanting to play with Arduino for a long time now. I think the boys will get a kick out of programming hardware and seeing what it can do. This is so much better than building plastic models that don't do anything after all …
These look like fun, especially when you control them with your iPhone or Android device.
When I was but a little teen, around 1980, I built my first robot. It was based on the book "How to Build a Computer Controlled Robot" by Tod Loofbourrow. Of course it was very clumsy those days, but it was programmable and you could sit on it and it …
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