Bits of Cents — Disassembling the Dash
— DougBits 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
— DougArduino IDE Becomes More Open, Less Snarky | Hackaday
More info at: Arduino IDE Becomes More Open, Less Snarky | Hackaday
KIM-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
— DougKIM-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 …
All About The JPEG #SaturdayMorningCartoons «
— DougOur 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!
Blocked Website
— DougFinally! 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 …
Apple shows their security hand
— DougApple 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 …
Thoughts on Apple's new iWatch or Whatever
— DougEveryone 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 …
Spark | Wi-Fi for Everything
— DougMeet the Spark Core.
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 …
NEW PRODUCT – Rosie Revere, Engineer « adafruit industries blog
— DougNEW PRODUCT – Rosie Revere, Engineer « adafruit industries blog
More info at: NEW PRODUCT – Rosie Revere, Engineer « adafruit industries blog
Easy build: Make a bubble in a Q-tip cube
— DougEasy 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
— DougMakerBot 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 …
The Cubli: a cube that can jump up, balance, and 'walk' - YouTube
— Doug▶ 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
— DougArcade/SpaceInvaders – Computer Acheology
Wow, this brings back memories! From the Z80 assembly language to the hardware specs. Those were the days.
09A5: 23 INC HL ; Load ...
09A6: 7E LD A,(HL) ; ... the ...
09A7: 23 INC HL ; ... screen ...
09A8: 66 LD H,(HL) ; ... coordinates ...
09 …Everyone Should Have The Opportunity To Code
— DougEveryone should have the opportunity to code. Join in here: http://code.org/learn
Blokify 3D Modeling Software | MAKE
— DougBlokify 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
— DougThis 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
— Doug
Every spaceship ever. To size. Compiled by Dirk Loechel.
More info at: Every spaceship ever
EE Bookshelf: The International System of Units, 8th Edition
— DougEE 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
— DougThe Simpsons' secret formula: it's written by maths geeks | Television & radio | The Observer
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Teach kids programming — Medium
— DougTeach 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)
— DougEasy 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 …
MAKE | Smartphone Servo
— DougElectronics 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
— DougBeautifully 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 …
Cereal Box Robot
— Doug
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 …