Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Nano Technology

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March has been a frustrating month - I feel like I have just emerged from an extended illness - and am now feeling a lot better. In all trut...
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Saturday, March 06, 2010

A Change of Tack

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My week out in California has got me fired up again on wood gas. Converting the Lister engine to run directly on wood gas and see it perfor...
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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Knock on Wood

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The observant amongst you will notice that most of my posts are named after song titles. This one is no exception. I have just returned fr...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Keep the home fires burning

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Freshly emancipated from my job in the city, I have reverted into suburban Victorian mode. The 3 hours not spent battling with commuter trai...
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

An Arduino's Not Just For Christmas - but for all in 2010

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I've been playing around with Arduino's for just over a year, having discovered them whilst researching low cost computing tools. Ho...

Here Comes the Rain Again!

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Finally, after a month of cold, sub-zero snow and icy weather - we are now back to a state of liquid water. Whilst in the south east, the th...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

More thoughts on Boiler Hacking

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I've set up a 4 channel thermistor sensor adjacent to my boiler and have been logging the temperatures of flow, return, outside and insi...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Towards the Hackable Boiler?

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This post is the result of some discussions I had last Thursday at the Homecamp Christmas Party, with Paul Tanner and Mark regarding the fea...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Simple Displays and Homecamp

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As part of a quick hack for the homecamp Christmas party competition, I put a few (42) different coloured LEDs onto a bit of stripboard - in...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Wake Up Boo! -The 50uA Super Regenerative Transceiver

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For the last few posts I've been looking at low cost wireless links and how you can hack them at home. You might want to look at the pre...
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Friday, December 04, 2009

Radio Gaga

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For a few years I have been interested in short range wireless for smart sensor networks. The two things that really interest me are firstly...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Radio Days

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Some Thoughts about Low Cost Wireless Networks This is the first of a few posts looking at short range wireless devices. I've experimen...
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