Thanks to a "gentlemans flight" I did not have to rush to Heathrow and also had plenty of time when I was there. As the plane flew into Newark, I took the train and subway over to Queens and got a view of the city. The nearest subway to the...
A quick report from Hans and Matilda whilst I'm writing up the main report. Hans and Matilda travelled to New York in a stylish box.At Heathrow they stopped off for a cup of tea, it was a bit big so they did not finish it.A trip to New York ...
The show is massive and I must have walked miles yesterday. There are lots of amazing things too see and lots of fantastic people. I also attended a few interesting presentations. One thing that struck me was the diversity, people have all different ...
When I met up with shabaz and mcb1 the other evening they asked if I was excited about going to the New York Maker Faire. The answer is "not yet". Part of the reason for that is I'm still thinking about the logistics aspect, where can I get my dinner...
To celebrate Andy Clark's ( Workshopshed) Enchanted Cottage winning the Enchanted Objects Design Challenge we planned something rather special on the streets of New York. Here is what happened on Friday night:players.brightcove.net/.../index.htm...
I spotted today a great selection of enchanted objects from the end of last year over on Instructables, including a Wall-E, robotic raven and selection of Tardis based projects.http://www.instructables.com/contest/enchantedobjects/ Also David Ro...
Whilst the challenge was running I used the work on the project to spin a few articles onto the Workshopshed blog. It gave me a break from writing in the third party and also allowed the posts to span what was several weeks of the challenge. 3D ...
players.brightcove.net/.../index.htmlHi Everyone, Attached is video of how this all works. I put everything together to work, but without the clock everything couldn't be demonstrated. I set this up in the basement and couldn't have the ...
Here is our final (But not final) update for our Enchanted Clock. My goal was to create a wooden clock and enchant it with the kits supplied by our generous sponsors, Atmel, Element 14 and Infineon. I wanted to have the clock recognize wh...
When subbmiting my application to join this road test, I set myself 4 success citeria: Success Criteria: I will deem the project a success if:•It can accurately and reliably display the number of messages in my inbox up to 12•The system can cope...
Just too late to meet the timeline I've been telling the story of the brothers Christian and Josef Steidinger here on the blog.Christian is the one who left the family business and started the Perpetuum Ebner manufacture.But to be honest, h...
Today I finished putting the final touches on to the inbox and the code. First of all, the code. Unfortunately, for the past few weeks there has been an intermittent issue with the inbox and activity on the element 14 website. The issue has now been ...
In the below presentation on security Rohini Pandhi mentions the problem of keeping your device updated. Unconnected consumer items used to be simply build, distributed and sold with no process for doing any updates. Embedded systems did have op...
After building the MagicHat, I was wondering: what if I want to wear the hat at a party? I need a bow tie... so this is a quick tutorial to build the bow tie for your MagicHat IMPORTANT NOTES1. it's better to wear the bow tie with a sh...
Hi Everyone. Just a quick reminder that your final blogs are due tomorrow, June 26 at midnight GMT. Remember that the more rich content you include, like videos and images, the better your chances of winning. We are excited to see all of y...
This week I completed my project for the Enchanted Objects design challenge. It has been funny even if some external activities (namely work and family :-)) didn't allow me to get a more in-depth view of some aspects.I will now try to assess whether ...
OverviewThis particular enchanted object is right out of the storybooks. Deep in the forest is a small cottage owned by a timeless couple, Hans and Matilda who are doomed never to meet. When it is wet he goes outside but when it is dry she must leave...
Time is up! And I am not done yet. So I have to pack my stuff and present what I have achieved in the past 16 weeks. Smart Key Hooks What are smart key hooks? Or what are key hooks anyway?Basically they are a place to hang your keys like th...
Linux support for 10-bit Slave Addressing
The I2C protocol knows about two kinds of device addresses: normal 7 bit addresses, and an extended set of 10 bit addresses. The sets of addressesdo not intersect: the 7 bit address 0x10 is not the same as th...
