Category Archives: Computing

UDOO

Posted on April 16, 2013 by dkohn96

UDOO is a project on Kickstarter that adds 4 rasperry Pi’s with an Arduino on one board. Look really neat and it is already way past its fundraising goal! Check it out:

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Multiboot the Raspberry Pi

Posted on March 17, 2013 by dkohn96

Berryboot is a simple boot selection screen, allowing you to put multiple Linux distribution on a single SD card. In addition it allows you to put the operating system files on an external USB hard drive instead of on the … Continue reading →

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Shakey

Posted on March 6, 2013 by dkohn96

Shakey was a robot develop at Stanford back in 1966! It was a ground-breaking robot that could navigate in a “changing” environment autonomously. When I saw this video about Shakey, I couldn’t resist putting it here:

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Gates, Zuckerberg and others come together in coding PSA – TechSpot

Posted on February 27, 2013 by dkohn96

From: TechSPOT By Shawn Knight On February 26, 2013, 6:30 PM A number of high-profile members of the technology industry have teamed up with celebrities to back a new initiative designed to get kids interested in programming. The nonprofit foundation … Continue reading →

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University of Southampton – Southampton engineers a Raspberry Pi Supercomputer

Posted on December 28, 2012 by dkohn96

A Raspberry Pi Suppercomputer:

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The MagPi

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

My friends at MidSouth Makers just pointed out this link http://www.themagpi.com/ A FREE, on-line magazine for Raspberry Pi users. On other Raspberry Pi notes (also from my MSM friends) try http://store.raspberrypi.com/.

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Arduino’s Playmate

Posted on April 26, 2012 by dkohn96

Arduino’s Playmate The $25 Raspberry Pi will do for computing what Arduino has done for robotics IEEE Spectrum BY Steven Cherry // Wed, April 18, 2012 This is an exciting time for do-it-yourselfers. Last October, Spectrum ran a feature article … Continue reading →

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Happy IPv6 Day

Posted on June 9, 2011 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum June 8, 2011 Happy IPv6 Day We’ve run out of IPv4 addresses. Time to test drive the new protocol Interview Podcast found at http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/telecom/standards/happy-ipv6-day Happy “World IPv6 Day.” If that’s not on your calendar as a major … Continue reading →

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UofM Programming Challenge / Robotics

Posted on May 1, 2011 by dkohn96

Yesterday, UofM Computer Science department held its “Programming Challenge” Competition. This year they changed the format a bit and added ROBOTICS to the competition. They used Lego RCX robotics and programmed them with LeJOS. They had around 80 students compete … Continue reading →

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Develop for Android

Posted on April 13, 2011 by dkohn96

Do you want to develop for the Android OS but are weak on programming skills? Try App Inventor.

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