After an IRC conversation about GPS, we randomly got onto a discussion about finding the cheapest petrol prices and where those services get the data. There were a few ideas:
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Ardunio Visible Distance Detector
I’ve had the Arduino Mini Pro for about 2 months now, but as I forgot to order/have some sort of USB FTDI converter I’ve not been able to play with it. As part of another planned project I intend to use the SRF02 ultrasonic sensor to detect and alert upon someone getting too close to [...]
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Ardunio Visible Distance Detector v1.0 snippet
/* This code receives input from the SRF02 ultrasonic and maps the values to RGB outputs to a tri-colour LED. */
Slow Mo Punches
It’s amazing the stresses the human body goes through when you watch it in slow motion.
Cool electric arc
An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, resulting from a current flowing through normally non-conductive media such as air. As far as I can tell there’s an over-voltage on one of the phases and it’s arcing over the ceramic conductor like it should, until it makes [...]
Steal This Comic
This seems familiar…
Lest we forget
We will remember them If you’re feeling sorry for yourself, then see how you feel after watching what happened a few generations ago in ww1 (not forgetting the other wars, invasions and defenses and ages)…
