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Category: Half-Bakery

Some of my half baked ideas and thoughts. If you’re onboard with any of these ideas, hit me up and maybe we’ll go ahead and do a joint project.

Making of the Nexus Dominus MV – The Last of the Nexus.

What kind of phone is yours? Oh cool. My phone? Oh…its mine.…

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Posted on: 5 Jan 2018 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 1

Casually Secure Currency

Lazy counterfeiting security and leveraging the goodies for pranks, profit, and general mischief…

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Posted on: 25 Sep 2017 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Surprise FPV Kit from Spare Parts

Can I use my spare mobile phone as a screen to live…

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Posted on: 18 Nov 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

You Say Wireless Power, I say Evanescent Wave Coupling.

Because that’s what it is and it sounds so much cooler!  In…

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Posted on: 18 Nov 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Just Put the Laptop in at 300c for 7 mins and Don’t Forget to Turn

What do you do when one of the microchips on your laptops…

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Posted on: 5 Sep 2016 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s Only Wafer Thin

You’ve been warned not to click this video.  Maximising components for the Potato…

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Posted on: 9 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Jet Engine Design Gets Dangerous

I’ve always wanted to say “I’m committing a war crime” and to…

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Posted on: 6 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Voltaic Potato Pi(le)

I know it sounds like a stressful and electric visit to the…

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Posted on: 4 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

An Early Epitaph to Java

While I’m in Perth trying to fight off the drunk eBay withdrawals…

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Posted on: 3 Sep 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The Return!

That’s right I’m finally back, as far as updating the website is…

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

Into the Forge! Hackathon 2

Great news! I’ve been invited to another hackathon event.   Super excited!…

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Posted on: 10 Aug 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

First Stage Compressor Arrives!

So, as I’ve said before, my brother is a bad influence.  I’ve…

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Posted on: 3 Aug 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

The Potato Power Issue Resolved…Maybe.

So my last update was short one outlining the problem of the…

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Posted on: 3 Aug 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Potato Pi Setback

Just a small update this time. The Potato Pi has suffered a…

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Posted on: 2 Aug 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Mnemonic Courier

If you picked it from the title, you’re already on the “no…

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Posted on: 2 Aug 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Live Streaming Videos Over the Network on the Cheap

So I’ve been talking to our facilities manager about how the tv…

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Posted on: 2 Aug 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 0

Parts Arrive for a Bad Pun

I think I have all the bare materials I need for this.…

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Posted on: 29 Jul 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 4

You Pass Butter

I found myself rebuilding The Claw, just to replace the helping hands…

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

A Washing Machine that Folds

Oh yes…this is definitely going to be drunk half-bakery.  Stay tuned for…

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

This Trolley is in Danger!

It’s been sitting there for 3 days now.  You see that front…

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

The Phone That Keeps On Giving

I love my Nexus 5.  It’s fast, does everything I need plus…

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

Potato Pi Parts Begin to Arrive

If you remember my half-baked post regarding the Potato Pi then you know…

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

Chromecast to Ethernet When Wireless Isn’t an Option

IT WORKS!! What you’re looking at there are 3 Chromecast IP addresses.…

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Posted on: 17 Jul 2015 Written by: marcel.varallo Comments: Comments: 1

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