How to publish on a Facebook wall using Graph API / PHP
I was working on a project recently (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy5r8Lsm-y0) and the aim was to publish sensor data coming from an arduino on a user’s facebook wall. I found this tutorial...
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How to make EL-wire blink?
EL-wire uses very low power and has become popular for wearable computing projects, e.g. heartbeat jacket http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/130 or speed jacket...
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How to wirelessly transmit analog signals using the Arduino XBee API?
Setting up XBees as a wireless extension of the Serial output is quite straightforward. However, for more complicated communication patterns you might need to use the XBee in API mode. For Arduino...
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Processing: How to create real-time info-graphics with sensor data from Pachube?
Processing is a simple programming language to create interactive graphics and visualisations. In contrast to photoshop, gimp, omnigraffle, etc. the big benefit of Processing is that it makes it very...
View ArticleLibraryhack: Towards new ways of engaging public library visitors with...
The “Glorious Image Viewer” …is an interactive 3D projection image viewer. The system polls archived pictures from the State Library of Queensland’s database, maps and projects them on the physical...
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How to build a Mobile RFID-Reader: ID-12 + XBee + Arduino
I am working on a project at the moment that needs a mobile RFID station, i.e. an RFID reader that wirelessly transmits the IDs of the cards and objects that it scans to a receiver station (in this...
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Ambient Bugs – Physical Notifications about Online Events
At Hack The Evening we’ve been working on the Ambient Bugs project; ambient bugs that live in Bay 7, electronically chirping and glowing in response to tweets about The Edge (@slqedge, #slqedge) and...
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High Speed Photography Workshop with Arduino
This is a brief summary of the high speed photography workshop I held for the 2nd birthday bash at The Edge High Speed Photography… is a technique for taking pictures of phenomena that are usually too...
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Grow Wild: An Interactive, Proximity Sensitive Sign
Christian Duell (@whitelightau), a friend of mine, was part of a Green Nation / sustainable living exhibition. He designed a huge “Grow Wild” sign with letters that grew out of moss. The sign is made...
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Getting started with Laser Cutting
Here are some links that helped me get started with laser cutting. I was particularly interested in patterns to design 3D objects from 2D shapes, and the workflow for exporting a 3D model to...
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Getting started with a Thermal Printer
Thermal pinters have been around for a while. Everytime you go to the local supermarket or gas station, the printout of the receipt is usually from a thermal printer. It’s a quick, easy and cheap...
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SNARC: A Networked RFID Controller
I just got my hands on a first prototype version of the SNARC (Simple NetworkAble RFID Controller) designed by Lawrence “Lemming” Dixon at the Hackerspace Brisbane (HSBNE). SNARC provides a simple...
View ArticleHow to Manually set up PubSubHubbub for your RSS/Atom Feeds
RSS is a standard format for data/news exchange over the Internet. However, it is based on polling rather than pushing. Every few hours or minutes, your RSS reader needs to “ask” the data source if...
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Laser Cut Enclosure Box for your RFID-Project
Do you need an enclosure for your RFID project? This is an open-source tab-in-slot design for a laser-cutted box that you might want to use or re-appropriate for your needs. I am working on an RFID...
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Gelatine – Public Screen Application
The following post relates to the Gelatine Checkin System. It describes the public screen application that visualises Gelatine users’ checkin information. The Gelatine public screen application aims to...
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Laser Cut Enclosure Box for Internet of Things Printer
Internet of Things (IoT) printers are printers that can be connected directly to the web and programmed to print particular events when they occur in real-time, e.g. storm warnings, calendar...
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Gelatine Checkin Point
The following post relates to the Gelatine Checkin System. It describes the hardware and software setup for building a Gelatine Check-in Point. Gelatine allows library users to confirm their presence...
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