• Another mini KeepOn? [Eustice Scrubb] has posted some videos and pictures of a robotic “eye stalk” that he’s building. It looks like the final version is using 3 servos in an arrangement like tendons through a slinky jr. The ping-pong ball on the top has a BlinkM inside it. You can see a video [...]
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> So I’ve been sick for the passed couple of days. It has been nothing serious really. I’ve been feeling lethargic, a bit feverish (at times), runny nose, a bit of phlegm, and a cough, which was minimal. It turns out though that I had the swine flu. This has been the easiest flu [...]
• Time-lapse courtesy of Arduino [Ross] put together a small package for use with time-lapse photography. The Nikon camera he’s using can snap a picture when it receives an IR command. [Ross'] solution connects an IR LED to an Arduino to generate this signal. The delay between frames is set with a potentiometer that is [...]
• Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Today is the official release of the latest version of Ubuntu, the most popular Linux-based operating system. Someone mentioned that there had been a new release of the Windows OS recently and if you’re thinking of going with that one, we feel you should a least give Ubuntu a try. [...]
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> The requirement for the contest that I mentioned earlier is now only 10 posts. That’s very, very easy to do.Check out this post Here for details.
• Upgraded Atari 1024STf [Gerritt] wanted to give his crippled Atari 1024 STf a new purpose in life. He cracked it open and set to work filling it with some modern components. The keyboard from the nearly 25-year-old dinosaur doesn’t have all the keys we’re used to, nor did they all work, so he replaced [...]
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> That’s right! You can earn a 1-year for one of the best malware protection suites out there! Here’s more info– We will be holding a contest for Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 1-Year licenses! The contest, if you choose to participate, requires users on the Geek Montage Forum to reach 30 *good* posts. We [...]
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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> It fairs well! I meant to post the link to this, but I wrote a review on my ASUS EeePC 1005HA-PU1X-BK with my thoughts on it. I am overall satisfied. So..how about that RAM upgrade though? There has been virtually no difference in performance. I say “virtually” because my scores will have raised [...]
• CNC used to make 3D video using one camera [Gabriel] is making 3D movies using only one camera. This should be impossible because true 3D needs to be stereoscopic, with images from different perspectives for each eye. He’s worked this out by mounting the camera on a CNC gantry and programming it to make [...]
• Oct. 27, 1931: Killer Fungus Spreads, Dutch Elm Disease Hits Dutch elm disease spreads and starts an inexorable killer march across much of the United States. • Taking Earth’s Temperature With a 30-Mile Thermometer Technology originally created to monitor oil wells is now being used by scientists to study some of Earth’s most inaccessible [...]
