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Maker Faire NY Re-cap 9 Oct 2012 | 08:28 pm
It’s been a week since Justin, Mike Rith and I drove down to New York for Maker Faire. Mike and Justin had both tried to explain the nature of the beast that is Maker Faire, but it was clearly somethi...
Getting Ready for Maker Faire NY! 20 Sep 2012 | 11:56 pm
Call me strange, but I’m a big fan of planning and logistics, so I’m pumped that everything is set for our trip to Maker Faire NY next week! We’re only 8 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes and 12, no 8 secon...
How to connect a cellular modem on your Android and BeagleBoard on boot up 5 Sep 2012 | 06:55 am
Last week, I wrote a tutorial about how to get a 3G/4G cellular modem working on my Android/BeagleBoard setup. The next question (after everything works) is, how can I get this running automatically e...
How to install a 3G/4G cellular modem on my Android BeagleBoard setup 31 Aug 2012 | 10:32 pm
A lot of folks have been asking me about this one, so I figured it’s about time to pull together my notes on the tutorial and get started… In this case, I used an Android Ultimate Pro Kit, which runs...
Introducing the Dual-Core Android 4 Dev Kit for PandaBoard 22 Aug 2012 | 11:40 pm
With dual-core processors and Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich, at least) a mainstay of smartphones and tablets, some folks suggested it was about time for the Beagle Embedded Starter Kit and Android Har...
Twittering shark laser intrusion detection system, in honor of Shark Week 16 Aug 2012 | 02:01 am
Thanks again @bbenchoff for the post about the DIY perpetually-powered wireless outpost on @hackaday! A lot of good discussion on natural/perpetual power sources :) I got an email from Dan earlier th...
Recap: "Forever Sensor" at the RI Mini Maker Faire 13 Aug 2012 | 11:17 pm
On Saturday, Rith and I loaded up the car, and took the 30 minute ride down to Providence, RI for the 4th Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire! During the faire, I had chance to explain the concept of the m...
How to build a DIY perpetually-powered wireless outpost 10 Aug 2012 | 09:12 am
Earlier this week, I had a mystery box of electronics and was looking for something to do with it. Thanks to Bryan from New Zealand, who asked about creating a wireless farm monitoring outpost… The i...
Powering my Raspberry Pi with the BeagleJuice, 2nd Gen Battery 9 Aug 2012 | 09:17 am
My Raspberry Pi finally showed up today! Naturally, an unboxing event was in order… I haven’t gotten around to setting up my SD card yet, but I just wanted to see if it would power on with the Beagle...
What project should I do today? 8 Aug 2012 | 06:10 am
Chris and I were kicking around a few ideas on excuses to get out of the office and work on some interesting projects while we’re at it. I’ve personally gotten quite a few emails for some cool project...
