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Sonic Screwdriver of the 10th Doctor
Around the beginning of October, a friend contacted me about making a Sonic Screwdriver prop for his Halloween costume. We kicked around ideas for a couple weeks and wound up with this: We took a bit of artistic license with … Continue reading
Arc Reactor Halloween Prop
The night before a Halloween party I was browsing [Hackaday] and came across a last minute arc reactor prop. Having spent the last couple of weeks working on a sonic screwdriver for a friend’s costume, I figured I had to … Continue reading
Mote Build Log 4: 2nd Generation
The first generation of senor boards were a great proof-of-concept, but they had a few problems. For one, they were big. It’s easier and cheaper to make small cases. Second, the pin headers weren’t round, nor were the mounting holes … Continue reading
Mote Build Log 1: Breadboarding, Etching and Soldering Experiments
As with most electronics projects, [Evan] and I developed the mote on breadboards first: There’s not much exciting to say about the breadboard designs other than we build 4 of them and they had on-board switching power supplies that could … Continue reading
Mote Build Log Part 0: Motivation and Wireless Sensor Networks 101
To start off the build log, I’d like to say a few words about the motivation for the project. As background, my Masters research in Computer Science is in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and, specifically, their application … Continue reading
Mote Build Log
Over the past few months, [Evan] and I have been working on designing some wireless sensor motes based on the Arduino platform. I’ve been posting build photos to Picassa and am working on a detailed write up here. In the … Continue reading
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