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Hacking an autonomous car
Using the arduino to control a broken r/c car.The idea is to get the car to drive itself using a PIR sensor to detect object in front.
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Reprap adventures in 3d printing
I've been interested in building a 3d printer and have been reviewing www.reprap.org which is a fantastic resource.So far I've built this with the view to printing parts for the darwin, although the...
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Bang went the traces
Well when your using lashed up electronics be careful of the polarity!!Connect up backwards and blew the traces of the board.
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Bridgeport power feed
My Bridgeport 2J2 mill when I got it had a broken X and Y powerfeed. This is the log of getting it functioning.The Bridgeport has a 6F powerfeed and Eskine control boards, there is no circuit diagram...
View ArticleC++ IDE for ubuntu
Been trying to decide which IDE to use to do C++ programming in Ubuntu.Loaded eclipse and spent ages trying to get things to compile, no matter what I did it wouldn't work correctly, used pkg-config...
View ArticleUsing point clouds
So I finially rewired the wiring for the 3d printer and seem to be getting more consistant results. So its time to move on to the 3d scanning part.I came across this excellent C++ Library on point...
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CPL with kinect
Started using C++ got the kinect functioning with visulisation.Using SVN 8190?Running the following code :source:-...
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Swarm Robots
So the aim would be to start thinking about swarm projects:Here are some links.http://www.swarm-bots.org/http://www.swarm-bots.org/first_page_pictures/downtoexplore.jpghttp://www.swarmanoid.org/I love...
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3d printing like links
http://www.instructables.com/id/Project-RE-by-Samuel-Bernier/http://www.shapeways.com/gallery?downloadable=1&s=252http://www.netfabb.com/casestudies/index.php
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Hearing aids?
Thinking of investigating the use of machine learning possibly independant learning algorythum to improve the performance of hearing aids in areas with multiple noise sources.Basic principle described...
View ArticleMachine learning
Having a look at machine learning course on you tube.See hearing aid for link to the first videoLink to course material
View ArticleCPL and C++ learning
Working through learning point clouds.working with openni_view_rgb.cpprenamed openni_view_mod.cppadding in pointer click function to work on events.pcl — Revision 8190
View ArticleUbuntu lower res unity
~/.xprofile file. If the file doesn't exist, create it.export UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1Remove blur transparity etc
View ArticleUbuntu Crash nVidia
Problems with ubuntu installed 12.10 worked for a while then crashed, nothing on screen refused to boot.Did fresh install from CD worked for a while upgraded drivers for nVidia crashed, needed...
View ArticleDual Boot for Ubuntu 13.04 Dell XPS 15
Procedure to dual boot Dell XPS 15Original install Windows 7.Open windows 7 turn off Intel rapid storage technology in windows, boot several times to ensure raid type drive not being used.Used windows...
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