• 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 read in through the ADC. [...]

• Processor built with Transistor-Transistor Logic
[Donn] wanted know exactly what is going on inside of a processor so naturally he built a CPU out of TTL components. He had previously built a couple of versions of a computer based on the Z80 processor. Using the troubleshooting skills he learned and a second-hand textbook, he set to work using 74LS series [...]

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• 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. Now in its 11th official [...]

• Linux iPhone sync draws near
[Emuboy] lets us know about some software advances that will make iPhone and iPod Touch syncing possible under Linux. Apple made big changes to how the iPhone syncs compared to legacy iPods. Locking out all communications other than through iTunes was surely part of their motivation. This has left Linux users out in the cold [...]

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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 the original with a [...]

• Xerox ink will print circuits
Xerox has announced a breakthrough in printable circuits. They’ve developed a conductive ink called “silver bullet” that can be printed on many different types of substrate to create circuits. The key part of the new ink is its lower melting point. Plastic film substrate melts at 150 degrees Celsius but the ink is liquid [...]

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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!

Please note that this giveaway was sponsored by A Blog for Geeks. It’s a cool website. Check it out!

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 by a point or two on benchmarking software, which isn’t really too obvious at all. This is to be expected though, as there was never a big need to upgrade initially. It is comforting though that the extra ram is there.

I haven’t been playing with my tablet lately. Yes, I know…I’ve been slacking! I haven’t even explored all of the features that it has yet. In my defense though…at least I wrote a couple of scripts for some upcoming animations I’m planning to do. We’ll see how things go!

• 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 two passes along slightly different paths. He’s plotting the camera [...]

• Football Hero
For Kasabian’s new single Underdog, they decided to do something original. After dreaming up a Guitar Hero style controller powered by soccer football players, they set out to make it happen. Using 5 wall mounted pressure sensors connected to a microcontroller, they hooked up the rig to a computer running Frets on Fire (an open [...]

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• 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 places, from desert pools to Antarctic ice.


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I wrote two short scripts for two different flash videos I plan on making. One is Twilight based and the other is Resident Evil based. They’ll be comical in nature and not sure how the animation will look. I’m not a very good artist so…we’ll see! I’ll practice using pen and paper, then try with my tablet. Also, there will now be a daily digest post by Bot from now on. It’s to keep things more interesting here.

A couple of days ago I ordered a Wacom Bamboo Black Tablet. It has now arrived!