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Update on UV reactant pool balls

e14 Contributor

so ive been looking online and found some uv reactant pool balls most of them are on the more expensive side but i think this would be easier than trying to make my own, also maybe these would be easier to detect?.... http://www.uvgear.co.uk/pro...
- 21 Apr 2011
Smart System Will Replace PC In Processor’s Consumption

e14 Contributor

The report, which is made by IDC’s semiconductor research team, indicates the smart systems will consume more than 12.5 billion pills of processor cores before the year of 2015, and the sales will be more than 100 billion US dollars. The smart system...
- 21 Apr 2011
General idea

e14 Contributor

as i said in the description i want to not only restore this table but make it a little more interactive, i plan on adding lights in the pockets that will light up when a ball falls in and have the playing area illuminated with uv light lighting up u...
- 21 Apr 2011
GGHC Week 4 - Puzzle Pieces

e14 Contributor

In week 4 of the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge, our team continues to hack away on our group response system. The theme of this week has been figuring out how to fit all the puzzle pieces together. Although we have a lot of coders on ...
- 21 Apr 2011
Buttons, Switchs and Nobs

Judeling

With several boards done or in process it is time to work on moving parts. In general translating the 10x motion to 1x seems like a pointless endeavour. Rotary motion translates easily but up and down left and right not so much. There should als...
- 20 Apr 2011
UPDATE: Creating the software to handle the interface fast enough

e14 Contributor

Okay, just to keep you guys up on what were we doing, here's a picture that can save me a bunch of words: Here's our toy: An arduino (thus far on a breadboard), some serial-to-parallel ICs (can't rememb...
- 20 Apr 2011
Status report, part II: It's gonna be a bright orange Christmas...

[Noisebridge]BioBoard

As promised, here's the second half of the BioBoard GGHC 2011 project: At yesterday's meeting, our two chemists really got their act together to show off some truly awesome skills - Sean's long-awaited ruthenium catalyst for the dissolved oxygen...
- 19 Apr 2011
Success with designing PCB

ordos18

Finally we have finished designing PCB, files are sent to firm, which will make it for us. At the beginning of May we will be ready to mounting.Maciek
- 19 Apr 2011
Sukces z płytką

ordos18

Wreszcie skończyliśmy projektowanie płytki PCB, pliki zostały wysłane do firmy, która ją dla nas zrobi. Początkiem maja przystąpimy do montażu.Maciek
- 19 Apr 2011
Fuzzy Logic

AcklenX

So we decided on a name for the project. We had a few contenders, but "Fuzzy Logic" edged them all out. We also had great success machining or template pieces last week. Hopefully this week we'll have lots of pieces to put together ...
- 19 Apr 2011
Solar Olympics - de finale

e14 Contributor

Op woensdag 11 mei presenteert het Umicore Solar Team de finale van de Solar Olympics. Via deze wedstrijd wil het team dat weldra naar Australië vertrekt de Belgische jeugd op een leuke en ongedwongen manier in aanraking brengen met technologie.&nbsp...
- 19 Apr 2011
Status report, part I: Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble...

[Noisebridge]BioBoard

Howdy, and welcome to another installation of the BioBoard project! While the guys wind down tonight's meeting in the background, I've gone straight to the box to tell you all about our latest progress, because I am really, really excited about this!...
- 19 Apr 2011
Dzień Elektroniki z Farnell na Politechnice Opolskiej !!! Dołącz już dzisiaj!

polska

Farnell ma przyjemność zaprosić Państwa na Dzień Elektroniki organizowany przez koło naukowe 'Mikroprocek'.Gdzie: Politechnika Opolska, aula budynku 'Łącznik' na ul. Mikołajczyka 16Kiedy: 17 maja 2011 startujemy o 10 (rejstracja 9:30)Nie jesteś pewie...
- 19 Apr 2011
Entering the Headless Chicken phase?

e14 Contributor

Let's hope that we're not entering the Headless Chicken phase. Direction is always good, and we have several. One direction is describing our first application; we met last Tuesday to come up with a more complete story about how our gadget ...
- 19 Apr 2011
Sector67: The Progress

e14 Contributor

Better late than never, this is our "4/15/11" update post. We've been busy, but images talk. The basic weather station thus far. Prototype with temperture, humidity, light, and barometer sensors. Tested it out in the fridge. Data outp...
- 19 Apr 2011
Making the Board

Judeling

Probably the most tedious and mundane task in the entire project is the construction of the solder-less breadboard itself. This is only important in that it will be the job most likely to devolve to the instructor. You can get enthusiastic help const...
- 18 Apr 2011
Moflash News: New Product Alert

e14 Contributor

Moflash launches NEW A6FB-S – Fire Bell with Xenon StrobeApril 1, 2011 by moflash 2011 is certainly an exciting time at Moflash, as we see our current bell range expand to include the introduction of the A6FB-S series: Fire Bell with Xenon Strobe.Fea...
- 18 Apr 2011
We have cookies!

e14 Contributor

Yummy cookies just arrived from the UK!
- 18 Apr 2011
CuteDrone project created during 24h coding competition @ MeeGo Summit FI 2011, Tampere

e14 Contributor

And I managed to get the 2nd prize, free AR.Drone + Nokia N900. CuteDrone / CuteFace is a face-controlling application done with Qt/C++/Python/OpenCV for AR.Drone. It was completed in 24h time frame in MeeGo Summit FI 2011, Tampere (http://summ...
- 18 Apr 2011
Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

e14 Contributor

Last two weeks we were familiarizing with the LPC1343 micro-controller and trying to sort our ideas out and also to get from very high-level project overview to concrete and detailed prototype. We made lots of achievements and in the process we learn...
- 17 Apr 2011
Continue of designing...

ordos18

We need to hurry because of great amount of work. After constructing we need to wait to make our components. Also we have a problem with availability of VNH drivers. There are no items neither on Farnell nor on Pololu. We found these bridges on non-s...
- 14 Apr 2011
Projektowania ciąg dalszy...

ordos18

Trzeba się spieszyć, sporo przed nami, a trzeba jeszcze czekać na wykonanie komponentów (konstrukcji, płytki). Mamy problem z dostępem do mostków VNH, prawie nigdzie ich nie ma. Brak na Farnellu, brak na Pololu, znaleźliśmy tylko na dwóch niepewnych ...
- 14 Apr 2011
Electronic board with web server , relay and Input, like the Arduino board, Open Source firmware and Open source software http://www.progetti-hw-sw.it/relays_ethernet_board.htm

e14 Contributor

Hello, we made an electronic board with web server , relay and Input It is like the arduino board, Open Source firmware and Open source softwarehttp://www.progetti-hw-sw.it/relays_ethernet_board.htmwe are searching for partner to improve our boardPle...
- 14 Apr 2011
Magnetic Connections

AcklenX
- 12 Apr 2011
pH sensors and NIR probes

[Noisebridge]BioBoard

It's been quite a while since our last blog update - I shamefully admit to have neglected my duties as project correspondent somewhat this last week. Everyone (else) has day jobs, which means that most of us are working in our separate dens most of t...
- 12 Apr 2011