While helping family level a pergola I watched as decided to shoo away a wasp/fly/mosquito/horse fly/ with no luck for at least 20 minutes. Another hour and a few beers had passed when it was decided we needed an electric swatters to rid...
Today I was able to finish the top electrode wiring. Ended up just swirling it on which worked great until the end when the front part of the hat had extra base electrode showing. A few inches of wire bent and soldered in place resolved...
TI (Texas Instruments) SensorTag (http://www.ti.com/tool/cc2541dk-sensor) is a nice dev board that suits well to prototype this project.SensorTag is packed with a lot of MEMS sensors, including a Kionix KXTJ9 Tri-Axis, User Selectable ± 2g, 4g,...
Thanks mostly to Frank B, we now have direct S/PDIF output from the Teensy Audio Library!Here's a detailed blog article.You can get optical TOSLINK digital audio with a $1 connector (Digikey 1080-1434-ND) or just a red LED shining into the optical cable.In...
Really hard to find any documentation on the video console.So far this has been my best resource: https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Video+ConsoleAt this point I am completely rebuilding the software from the ground up on asterisk 11.Asterisk...
Note from Zach: I wrote this about 7 months ago. Still catching up on background documentation, so I've pasted the post as-is. A bit wordy, I'm afraid... read on if you're bored.I've been meaning to write this article for some time to document a few...
LOKI 4G Locate, Observe, Krack, Isolate 500-900mm Wheelbase25 minute to +1 hour flight time640 Thermal Sensor with 160° viewing angle10X Zoom 1080 HD Camera1 mile HD Video and Digital Control LinkAdvanced Ground Station CompatibleIntegrated Vibration...
I've also pulled the guts out of this over-engineered beast this evening. Once test fitting is done (see the other log from today) I'll be installing and wiring this thing. First stop: motion control.
The tangled web woven by Week 22 of the Caption CERN Contest has come to a close. It's been another bumper week with 112 comments. Thank you to everyone who submitted a caption! We realize it may have been hard for some of the network engineers out there...
Uploaded a few pics for Mike but the garbage eating beast is still in hiding. Just think of a crab w/o legs and other features, that is my proto bot. Images shows easy identification of objects of non-earth tones with area as the number presented for...
Received the custom PCB's from OSH Park and they seem fantastic! The plan is to assemble a couple more prototypes and make sure the PCB version works as well as the breadboard ones. I don't anticipate any issues but will see if Mr. Murphy has found a...
With full 2D support for the web inside Janus, it would be an incredibly useful feature to have a web access terminal to SSH into remote Linux servers. I dream of creating the ultimate operations and command center inside VR. It's more than just having...
My objective is to synthesize textures with artificial neural networks such as deep dream for virtual / augmented reality assets because it's cool. At DEFCON I was showing off AVALON, the anonymous virtual / augmented reality local network in the form...
My goal was a glossy white and black cabinet that would blend into our living room.While researching painting the cabinet, I ran into web pages about vinyl foil used to change the color of cars, and wrap speaker cabinets. I bought a sample piece from...
While I was playing with my laser plotter this weekend and again wondering why some materials were not cut as good as I expected, a thought came into my mind: I should measure the output current of the laser power supply, maybe that is the reason....And...