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Roboexotica

Roboexotica

Roboexotica is coming, Thu, Nov 22 2007 thru Sun, Nov 25 2007 @ Museumsquartier Wien, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna. If you want robots that serve you drinks well this is the best place on earth to find them… – Until recently, no attempts had been made to publically discuss the role of cocktail robotics as […]

Roomba 500 series open interface

Roomba 500 series open interface

iRobot published the 500 series (New Roomba) open interface specs, this is GREAT news and I’m thrilled that iRobot keeps opening up the interfaces for their fantastic robotic vacuums – Link (PDF). Related: HOW TO – Roomba Bluetooth Interface – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – Link. iRobot 500 series – […]

DIY Enclosures

DIY Enclosures

I haven’t used these folks but their selection is really impressive. Might be worth checking out if you need to make or build an enclosure for a project… – Over 600 unique combinations of options are possible when you choose the DIY-1712 chassis, our most universal chassis. These options include: three base styles, 6 front […]

Run Windows apps without Windows

Run Windows apps without Windows

Handy tip from the prolific Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on running PC apps without using Windows… One of the nice things about having an Intel-based Mac is that you can, in principle, run a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows. You can do this using Apple’s Boot Camp utility, or through virtual machine programs […]

DIY IR widget

DIY IR widget

Handy dandy DIY IR widget – The IR Widget captures the infrared signals used by remote controls. It operates in a way that makes it compatible with modern multitasking operating systems. It is able to determine the carrier frequency and demodulate the carrier in the digital or analog domain. The captured information can be used […]