Android Controlled Roomba – Telepresence Robot Demo
Today I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on for the last couple months. At the company
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17 CommentsA Moving Timelapse Rig With Arduino
A few weeks ago I was eating a grapefruit when I noticed that several of the seeds inside were sprouting. I pulled them out and put them in a plastic bag to sprout, and started to wonder what I
Read MoreA Raspberry Pi Powered Gumball Machine
Here’s a fun project I just finished working on. It’s an Android and Raspberry Pi powered gumball machine. There’s not much to the Android app right now because the gumball part is being integrated into an existing app. The
Read MoreShapeoko 2 Review
It’s finally here! I pre-ordered my Shapeoko 2 in November and it shipped out last week. I got it put together and have had a few days to play with it. So far it’s great! I was never able
Read MoreAndroid Controlled Roomba – Telepresence Robot Demo
Today I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on for the last couple months. At the company I work for, our main office is in Chicago, but the director of development lives and works in Toronto. We
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Adding a Class for Current Page in Force.com Visualforce Header
I’m working on a site using Salesforce’s force.com. I have a global header file that is used on every
Feb 12, 2013 No Comments
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Preassembled Minty Boost USB Phone Chargers Available
UPDATE: I’m no longer selling these. After looking around, I found several commercially available battery chargers with longer lasting
Feb 10, 2013 1 Comment
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Stelabouras has a great PHP script (here) that allows you to download all your files off of Basecamp. The
Feb 6, 2013 18 Comments
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Make a PHP Database out of an Excel Spreadsheet
I recently ran into a situation where I needed to create a dynamic, data driven website, but I wasn’t
Jan 18, 2013 13 Comments
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It’s Alive!! Shapeoko Motor Stalling Solution
I finally figured out what was causing the Y Axis to stall this afternoon, and it’s something I should
Jan 13, 2013 No Comments
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New Years Facebook App
This actually went live a few weeks ago, but I wanted to share something we just launched at Anthem.
Jan 8, 2013 No Comments
No CommentsShapeoko Update- Y Axis Stalling
I made a little progress on the Shapeoko today. The Y axis motor had been stalling and humming instead
Dec 26, 2012 No Comments
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Kinect TV Mount Using Instamorph
If you have an Xbox Kinect, you might have run into trouble finding a place to put it. Many
Dec 22, 2012 No Comments
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Shapeoko Up And Running… And Down Again
After a few setbacks, the Shapeoko is finally up and running- sort of. Part way through the build, I
Dec 17, 2012 No Comments
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Arduino Mural Drawing Robot Makes First (Crappy) Drawing
The drawing robot made it’s first drawing tonight. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s a big improvement over
Dec 10, 2012 1 Comment
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Shapeoko CNC Build Progress
I’m taking a break from building because I REALLY don’t want to tap any more aluminum tonight. I got
Dec 7, 2012 No Comments
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