After printing a box full of trilego at MakerFaire last weekend, my MakerBot decided it needed a break…actually one of the pins on the heater board decided it needed to break (the HEAT pin near the middle of the photo): The constant motion of the print platform, and the wires connected to it eventually jiggled…
Finally, after months of waiting, I received my Raspberry Pi: I had pre-ordered it (from Element 14) in March and it finally shipped this week. What is it? It’s touted as being a $35, credit card(ish) sized Linux based computer. The entire computer is what you see in the above photo (it doesn’t currently even…
Recently I met Steve Dotto at a party, one of Canada’s best known technology broadcasters and a personal tech hero of mine. We got to chatting about what I do and that ended up in my appearance on his weekly radio show talking about 3d printing. We had a great chat in studio (also with…
This week on News 1130 in Vancouver, I talked about these items: ArduSAT – a fantastic Kickstarter project to put a private satellite in space that you can control. Based on the amount pledged to the campaign you can get to control the cameras onboard, run experiments or even broadcast your own message from space…
Just got home from a weekend of nerding out with thousands of folks at Vancouver’s 2nd annual Mini Maker Faire. Whew…I haven’t talked that much in a long time! It was two straight days of showing people 17 (!!) different 3d printers we managed to pull together in our “3D Printer Village” which has to…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: JoggoBot – a modified quadcoptor that follows you by tracking a special pattern on your shirt via it’s onboard camera. It keeps pace and encourages you to keep going while on your morning jog and can even speed up to challenge you….
I’ve been interested in painting with light for almost as long as I’ve been interested in photography. Recently, there has been a number of projects that have popped up where people are taking light painting to a whole new level and I really wanted to try it myself…especially after seeing the incredible Light Scythe project….
Last week, Samsung Canada loaned me their latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III (or S3 as the cool kids call it) ahead of their big launch June 21th in North America: After being thoroughly impressed with the Galaxy Note, I was excited to try out the latest generation of the Galaxy line. Like…
Earlier this year I heard about a new gadget that sounded very interesting, the Biolite Camp Stove. It enables the owner to burn just about anything in it’s burn chamber. But what makes it special is that it has an orange power module attached that has a USB port on it and uses the energy…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Tactus touchscreen buttons – one of the biggest reasons people didn’t like the iPhone when it first launched was the lack of a physical keyboard. A new concept from Tactus Technology could make that a moot point with their new tech that makes…