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Save money: Bricor B 100 Max shower head review 8 Sep 2009 | 11:44 am
I have been searching for ways to painlessly save money. I thought I would start by looking at my utility bills. My latest water bill put my average daily water consumption at 77 gallons per day. Tha...
Arduino Semaphor 25 Jul 2008 | 04:17 pm
I saw a Monty Python skit that used semaphore. It was interesting so I decided to built a robot semaphore system. read more
Wii nunchuck data logger 15 Jun 2008 | 05:00 pm
I wanted to use the wii nunchuck accelerometer for some measurements. I didn't really want to drag my computer around, so I built a little data logger. The nunchuck accelerometer data gets written to ...
Using Microchip 25LC080 serial eeprom with an Arduino 4 May 2008 | 01:21 am
I am working on a data logger for the wii nunchuck. I need something to record the accelerometer values that get output from the nunchuck. I had a Microchip 25LC080 eeprom handy and decided to hook it...
Review - Genuine Scooter Company Blur 150 27 Dec 2007 | 09:42 am
With my '93 Mazda 626 getting a little long in the tooth, I decided to get a new vehicle. Rather than buying a new car, I opted for a scooter, keeping my old car as a backup for rainy days. After doin...
Using mod_backhand for a better test environment 24 Oct 2007 | 02:15 pm
Setting up a good apache test website can be a pain. Mod_backhand can help simply things. Usually your have your live website, www.mycompany.com, then you may have a dev website called something like...
Convert lawnmower to run off of propane camp stove 20 Oct 2007 | 04:03 pm
Here is simple howto, to run your lawnmower off of propane gas instead of gasoline. It was much easier to run off of propane than I thought it would be. First I pulled off the gas tank and carburetor...
Simple wood gasifier 26 Sep 2007 | 03:01 pm
Wood gasification is the process of turning wood into carbon monoxide and hydrogen by reacting the raw material (wood) at high temperatures with a controlled amount of oxygen. Without oxygen, the wood...
Wiimote controlled firefighting robot 1 Sep 2007 | 05:04 pm
The Wiimote makes a perfect control system for a fire fighting robot. It has IR sensors which can detect a candle and a bluetooth transciever to communicate back to a host computer. I use a boebot as...
Read wii nunchuck data into arduino 5 Jun 2007 | 04:59 pm
With a little hacking, data can be read from a wii nunchuck directly into an Arduino, using TWI (aka I2C). The nunchuck contains a 3 axis accelerometer, joystick and buttons for only $19.95. The same ...
