I'm still waiting to get the rest of the parts for my gloves, so what am I working on in the meantime?
Text articles! I'm writing two articles for the good folks at the second Temple Of The Screaming Electron - on similar subjects. One, being on Anticomplacency - why being content with life is a bad position to be in - and the other being on transhumanism - discussing humanities will to advance, the dangers of doing so, and why it's important that we shouldn't let that stop us.
Non-texts I'm working on! Huff Raidio, an internet radio show for the Temple (mentioned above!) is kicking back into gear, hopefully by this weekend! I've started getting help from some other users there on adding content, and it's spurring me into action! Having help is really the biggest motivator for me for this project. I'm pretty dang excited about it again.
Additionally, I've decided that I am determined to learn EVERYTHING I CAN about modern telecommunications. It's something worth knowing, methinks.
So there you have it, folks. Things I'm working on learning and things I plan on helping others learn with.
More updates to follow! Will be back before the weekend is up.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Too much to write about.
I could write a ton of stuff for one huge update, or I could write one thing in detail, and have something to post about in a few days, so what do you think imma do?
Robotics has always been a fascination of mine. I've never tinkered much with electronics or mechanics up until this year. I own an arduino microcontroller, and soon will own a Teensyusb board. The teensyusb is cheaper, has more ram, flash ram, and i/o's than the arduino, and has a USB connection, verses the serial, or usb port that acts as serial on the arduino. In addition, it's MUCH smaller. I'll be using the Teensyusb controller for some projects of mine, including...
ELECTRIC GLOVES!
One of the things I've built recently are gloves that deliver an electric shock to any conductive object that is struck with them. It was a simple circuit for the prototype - I hacked some PCI slot covers from a desktop computer into metal contacts, mounted them on rubber stands, and glued the stands to a glove, on the index and middle finger. I then wired a lead from one of them to the end of some capacitors, and the other lead to a DPDT switch, which then connected to the caps again. Another mode on the switch connected the capacitors to a diode bridge, which in turn was wired to a standard two prong power cable, to charge straight from any 120v wall outlet.
I'm going to be doing a LOT more with the next version of the gloves, including higher amperage storage, multiple capacitor banks for multiple shocks, and a gauge to show power across the cap banks. Additionally, the prototype looked really ghetto, so I'll be working on making them look less like a mishap and more like a coherently well designed death contraption.
More updates to follow!
Robotics has always been a fascination of mine. I've never tinkered much with electronics or mechanics up until this year. I own an arduino microcontroller, and soon will own a Teensyusb board. The teensyusb is cheaper, has more ram, flash ram, and i/o's than the arduino, and has a USB connection, verses the serial, or usb port that acts as serial on the arduino. In addition, it's MUCH smaller. I'll be using the Teensyusb controller for some projects of mine, including...
ELECTRIC GLOVES!
One of the things I've built recently are gloves that deliver an electric shock to any conductive object that is struck with them. It was a simple circuit for the prototype - I hacked some PCI slot covers from a desktop computer into metal contacts, mounted them on rubber stands, and glued the stands to a glove, on the index and middle finger. I then wired a lead from one of them to the end of some capacitors, and the other lead to a DPDT switch, which then connected to the caps again. Another mode on the switch connected the capacitors to a diode bridge, which in turn was wired to a standard two prong power cable, to charge straight from any 120v wall outlet.
I'm going to be doing a LOT more with the next version of the gloves, including higher amperage storage, multiple capacitor banks for multiple shocks, and a gauge to show power across the cap banks. Additionally, the prototype looked really ghetto, so I'll be working on making them look less like a mishap and more like a coherently well designed death contraption.
More updates to follow!
An update? On MY blogger?!?
It's more likely than you think.
So, I haven't updated in like, two months. This is certainly not due to a lack of things to write about. Quite the contrary! I've been busy like crazy, and am looking forward to writing a huge update tonight. Awwyeah.
So, I haven't updated in like, two months. This is certainly not due to a lack of things to write about. Quite the contrary! I've been busy like crazy, and am looking forward to writing a huge update tonight. Awwyeah.
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