Laser Cut Cutlery Drawer
I recently joined Toronto's SteamLabs, and got access to a laser cutter for the first time. Laser cutters are incredible machines which use a freakin' laser to carve or etch...
Posts tagged "hardware"
Haunted Home Automation
Halloween is one of my favourite holidays of the year. One reason for this is that it's totally optional and low stress. People can get exactly as in to it...
A Visit to eSight
After working on the All-Seeing Pi, a series of events unfolded such that Dan and I were put in contact with a company called eSight. The founder of eSight had...
The All-Seeing Pi
This post is a about vision enhancement platform called The All-Seeing Pi that I have been working on with my friend Dan, who is blind. People who are blind rarely...
DIY Selfie Stick
This is a fun and very easy project I came up with while trying to build a wireless shutter for an iPhone. I knew selfie sticks could trigger your camera...
DIY Smart Mirror ft. Alexa
Materials 1. Computer Monitor. Buy used and look for cable inputs that point down or sideways instead of straight out. 22" recommended (I used Acer AL2216 ) 2. Video cable....
From the Vault: PICHEC Raspberry Pi Cluster
I want to document this project, as it is one of my favourite projects to date. This took place about 4 years ago while I was working at the Irish...
Raspberry Pi Bot Server
My trusty RPi3 twitter bot server "starkiller". So let's say you've got a twitter bot that you want running 24/7, but you don't want it running on your personal system....
DIY Alexa Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant
Amazon did something really cool. They made their Alexa voice assistant code open source and cross platform. That means instead of buying their Amazon Echo to get a home assistant,...
From the Vault: Arduino Night Writer.
Night Writer About four years ago, I invited some friends over to try to turn a remote control car into something programmable. We had some trouble finding supplies though, so...
Astrophotography Manual Barn Door Tracker
Motivation After seeing some beautiful photos of the milky way, I wanted to step up my astrophotography game a little bit. In astrophotography, you are limited to shutter speed =...