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Roboweek Day One - Robotic Teamwork
Roboweek is here! A robot’s equivalent to Hanukkah (or something along those lines). And that means I have the first robot for RoboTechEd’s roboweek celebration! These robots were made at the Institute...
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Roboweek Day Two - Technological Overkill
I’m not sure if you’re subscribed to Robot Magazine (if you’re not, you should be), but if so then you’ll recognize our second Roboweek #robotofnote - DARwIn OP. The OP in this little humanoids name...
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Roboweek Day Three - Self Replicating Printers
RoboTechEd’s third #robotofnote for Roboweek isn’t a stereotypical robot. It doesn't walk, talk, or really have much user feedback. But what it lacks it makes up with it's ability to create. Makerbot...
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Samsung Series 5 - Making the iPad Retro
Most people believe that the Samsing Series 5 Chromebook is a tad overpriced ($500 for the 3G version). Because the software is completely free, I can understand why. But the specs of the Chromebook...
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New Arduino - The Uno +1
Last weekend at MakerFaire NYC (which I wish I went to), the Arduino people announced a few new products, which I’m pumped to use; but one board stands out - the Arduino Due. Although the name shows...
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ChromeOS Getting Ready for Tablets?
Chrome released a new home page for all beta and dev users a few days ago and it seems like an oddly familiar interface. Maybe you would agree, take a look at the pic below. Yeah, the old scroll...
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The Uno32 - A Cheaper and Better Arduino
If you’re looking for a solid new Arduino with better specs, then you should check out the ChipKIT Uno32 by Digilent. The Uno 32 has over double the regular Uno’s IO pins (20 vs 42), a much faster...
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Arduino Based Computer Temp Sensing
The ProblemI bought a new graphics card for my computer recently, just to realize I didn’t have a power supply large enough to properly power the new card - causing it to overheat (temporarily, I...
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Installing Ubuntu on a Series-5 Chromebook
Dualbooting the Samsung Series-5 (I have the 3G version) with Ubuntu is actually a lot easier than expected and is almost the same as dualbooting on the CR-48 (Google’s beta program to Chromebooks)....
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Bootloading an Atmega328 with an Arduino Uno
My most recent hack required a second microprocessor, something much smaller than your standard off-the-shelf Arduino. After some research I decided to use an Arduino’s ATmega328 chip due to it’s ease...
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Siri Hacked - Cheaper iPhone4s' Incoming
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you probably know about Apple’s newest iPhone - the iPhone4s. The name really hasn’t changed much besides the ‘s’ slapped on the end and to be honest the hardware...
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Updated Petman -World's Most Realistic Humanoid
Boston Dynamics just uploaded a new video on youtube of their newest revision of ‘Petman’ which is a robot used to replicate human movement for military testing. The newest revision of Petman broke...
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Google to Release Own Antivirus?
Google is leading innovation when it comes to the web and isn’t afraid to get involved in anything and everything they can be. With that said, a video was recently posted on Google’s Youtube page...
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My Robot Nation - After My Own Heart
Not everyone has access to a 3D printer, and the people who do, rarely offer their services at reasonable prices. Now a company called ‘My Robot Nation’ is offering custom 3D prints of custom made...
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RoboTechEd Finally Has a Facebook Page!
Are you running out of cool things to 'Like' on Facebook? Is your news feed lacking your daily dose of nerdy news? Or maybe you've been searching FB for months for a RoboTechEd page (which I'm sure...
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Building a Gaming Rig for Under $600
A few weeks ago my friend asked me to design him a custom gaming desktop for under $600 that could handle Starcraft II on Ultra settings. Being the arrogant nerd that I am, I took the challenge and...
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Using an ATtiny to Save Space and Money
Have you ever needed a microprocessor that is easy to use but isn't as large and bulky as your Arduino? Or maybe you just don’t want to put a bunch of unnecessary money into a project and using a full...
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OnLive's PlayPack Free for a Month Thanks to GameSpot
Thanks to my friends at OnLive Informer I discovered Gamespot’s OnLive PlayPack offer. If you’re unfamiliar with OnLive then you should know that OnLive is a video game streaming service, which enables...
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Adafruit's ATmega Pinout Can Save You Troubleshooting Time
Ever have problems identifying pins on IC chips? Does constantly looking at the data-sheet just annoy you? Then, counting the individual pins causes you to have hours of debugging - just to find that...
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EXOdesk - The First Desk You Have to Plug-In
Chances are we all have one, and chances are it doesn’t need to get plugged into the wall...yet. The desk is an ancient invention that we use today, often with some piece of technology on top. That’s...
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