Tag Archives: hardware

Nokia Kinect @ Nokia World, London

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

A new concept device from Nokia: it’s operated by twisting and bending the device itself! That’s quite different from the touchscreen stuff we see all the time.

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Automaatio Fair 2011

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Talking about delta robots, here’re two more from this week: Automaatio Fair in Helsinki

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Fun with servos

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Servos are cool. They’re small motors that can be told to go to certain position with decent precision. They’re cheap, powerful and extremely easy to control for example with Arduino. I use RC microservos at my work with Arduino to … Continue reading →

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GPSTrack GPS logger on Linux

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Last weekend I inherited a GPS tracker from my aunt who got it as subscription gift from a magazine. It says ‘Geotech’ in the back, it has a small 1 inch LCD screen, a on/off button and a four-way button … Continue reading →

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IR light pen for WiiMote Whiteboard

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

I built an infrared pen to be used for Multi-touch Whiteboard with Wiimote. 940nm 1.2V IR led 2.2Ohm resistor Awfully low quality push button 1.5V AA Battery Plastic Hot glue Soldering station Now waiting for Aapo to post some results how … Continue reading →

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