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Squeezing A PPM Line from an FS-TH9x

Unless you’re an RC nerd, this post will be extremely boring.  You…

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Posted on: 14 Aug 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Precision Fail – The Tri-Corder

“It’ll just fit perfectly if I carefully drill a little hole right….about…..aaaand…

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Posted on: 10 Aug 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 1

You Can’t Hide Now! I Have Heat Vision

It goes without saying that when I finally got this thing up…

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Posted on: 7 Aug 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

…But My Robot Says I’m Hot!

Check out the test footage from my FLiR.  That’s right, heat vision…

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Posted on: 7 Aug 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Low Grade Cattle Prod for the Office

I’m not saying this is a good idea and I’m certainly not…

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Posted on: 25 Feb 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Predator Roomba

So, while I’m waiting for some new controllers to come in before…

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Posted on: 17 Feb 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 1

From Roomba to Murderbot/Bodyguard in Less Than 24 Hours

So when I showed some friends my Roomba’s new modifications, it got…

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Posted on: 1 Feb 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

I Don’t Vacuum. I Go to War With Dust.

People like to do very different things to relax. Not everyone’s the…

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Posted on: 30 Jan 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 6

Home Made Holographic Display

Want a hologram style display in your own home?  How about in…

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Posted on: 8 Jan 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Potato Platter

My housemate and I stopped into a burger place before going to…

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Posted on: 7 Jan 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 5

Active Directory Extend Password Expiry

So what happens if you you’re administering active directory in an enterprise…

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Posted on: 4 Jan 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

I Yam What I Yam

Wait, what’s a potato battery got to do with Popeye?  Wrong vegetable…

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Posted on: 7 Dec 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 1

Time to Lay Down Some Robo-Ground Rules

We have our robotic combatants, we have our arena, we have our…

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Posted on: 30 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

For those who own a moto 360

For those of you who own a moto 360, repeat after me….…

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Posted on: 29 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Cat Burglar – Is anyone logged in or can I help myself

What? A teensy .vbs script that tells you if someone is logged…

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Posted on: 25 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Bad Neighbour – Wake On LAN When Your Network Sucks

What? A little Wake On LAN executable I made that pushes the…

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Posted on: 24 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Roomba Power Saving and Noise Reduction

So, while talking about the Roombas to a colleague of mine, we…

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Posted on: 23 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

Roomba Gladiators

Let me start by answering the first thing that comes to peoples…

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Posted on: 21 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Roomba’s First Kill

I had a friend over for post parmigiana coma today and of…

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Posted on: 14 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

Building a Robo-Combat Arena

In the buildup to my Roomba fighting event I have pondered how…

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Posted on: 12 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

Robotic Anthropology – Roombas

I know full well I can just read the manual or Google…

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Posted on: 10 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 5

INTERMISSION – Public Service Announcement

50% Discount on housetraining and socialising your Roomba when you quote the…

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Posted on: 7 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The Ballad of Roomba, Part2.

And so it came to pass.  Each day Roomba would train… And…

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Posted on: 7 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

The Ballad of Roomba, Part 1.

While the potato battery is prepped for it’s final stage, I thought…

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Posted on: 4 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

It’s a Good Idea, Just not Here

Time for a morale booster… This is just a short post and…

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Posted on: 1 Nov 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

Evanescent Potato Coupling

The Potato that transcends wires…   Nah, just kidding.  I’m developing some…

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Posted on: 26 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Friday Fun with Leap Motion on OSX

Motion tracking:  We all know it’s complete crap. Rather than the smooth…

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Posted on: 23 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Last Potato Reading I swear

Ok, so the last potato reading from yesterday looks like this…  …

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Posted on: 23 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

Robots and Potatoes

Let’s start with today’s potato reading. Looks to be settling now and…

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Posted on: 21 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 2

What’s the Half Life of a Potato?

No idea.  But here’s the latest snapshot after about 9 hours while…

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Posted on: 20 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Some Potato Numbers and Unsafe Practices

Time to get the Mar-Cell out of the fridge so we can…

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Posted on: 19 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 1

Further Thoughts On The Potato Pile

When I first calculated out how many I would need for my…

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Posted on: 19 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Yay! Another 15 Minutes of Fame

Quite chuffed that I’ve been featured on Hackaday.com again.  15 mins of…

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Posted on: 18 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 3

The Practical Potato

My 3d Printer is back online and printing reliably, so I had…

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Posted on: 18 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 16

Innovation Means Trying Something New, Not Copying.

In a previous post I mentioned that my boss took a few…

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Posted on: 17 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Have You Performed Potato Maintenance?

This just in:  You can replenish your potato battery by soaking it…

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Posted on: 17 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Why You Need a Negative Nancy…

If you’ve ever pitched a Service Improvement Plan or innovation idea, you’re…

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Posted on: 15 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Yeah yeah, back to the biohacking stuff, robocop

Chances are you’re reading this because you know me personally, or more…

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Posted on: 15 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

I Would Have Called, But My Potato Was Flat

That little part of me that everyone likes to call weird pays…

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Posted on: 1 Oct 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Can You Hear Me Now?

No that’s not the sound of the 90’s mobile phone boom, it’s…

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Posted on: 26 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Unsafe Safes

A little Friday Fun from my past.  I had a healthy interest…

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Posted on: 25 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Pyro Time-O

As you guessed from the title, it’s time for some fire.  This…

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Posted on: 22 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The 6th Day of Drunks…actually screw it.

I was gonna keep this going for all 12 as the song…

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Posted on: 22 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Peppers Kamehameha!

This has to be one of the coolest figures to adorn your…

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Posted on: 18 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The 5th Day of Drunksmas!

On the 5th day of Drunksmas, drunk me gave to me…  …

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Posted on: 18 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The 4th Day of Drunksmas!

On the 4th day of Drunksmas, drunk me gave to me… A…

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Posted on: 17 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The 3rd Day of Drunksmas!

    On the 3rd day of Drunskmas, drunk me gave to…

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Posted on: 16 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The 2nd Day of Drunksmas!

    On the 2nd day of Drunksmas, drunk me gave to…

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Posted on: 15 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The 1st Day of Drunksmas!

It’s the 12 days of Christmas, drunk eBay style!   It’s an…

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Posted on: 14 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Amaz(ing)on Bin Bot

As with most of my innovations, this next one occurred because someone…

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Posted on: 14 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

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