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Earlier this week our area was hit by a couple severe thunderstorms.  Of course this resulted in many areas having their power knocked out including my office.  During the follow up to having all our servers taken offline when the UPS batteries were exhausted I was following the progress of Toronto Hydro with this nifty […]

Nirav Patel looks like he likes to play with some diverse toys and has shared much at his blog.  Lately it seems he’s taken to 3D printing and offers a some useful tidbits in Physical Keygen: Duplicating House Keys on a 3D Printer.   Also, WeatherSpark.com is something I’ve been looking for a long time.  […]

Geo01005’s RepRap Ideas details some of his work around running a repstrap using EMC2 from a couple years ago. He’s documented some of his work around the hot-He also has a YouTube channel. Andrew Angellotti is founder of spingarage LLC has a new blog that’s looking pretty interesting.  Here’s the first part of a tutorial […]

Another concept for 3D printing on a re-purposed inkjet printer. [youtube id=”2nbtZOolSIY” w=”240″ h=”190″]   More Links: Servo and PID tutorials from Galil Motion Control Inc. Servo Tuning Tutorial (PDF)  from PMC Corp.

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A number of years ago I read a contractor’s report about Computers In Spaceflight.  It was fascinating to me to understand just how much went into this one facet of space programs, and just how little computing power it took.  Any college student familiar with basic electronics can understand the fundamentals of these early computers, […]