Month: November 2011
Air conditioning
The training area (Space I) in the house gets very hot in summer and we got some airconditioning on Friday. This made a huge difference. We installed two 18000 BTU units Samsung Mid wall Smartinverter units which seems to have done the trick. The company that installed it was GNAir (http://www.gnair.co.za/) – I could really…
Read MoreNetworked Society
The past, present and future of connectivity with a mix of people including David Rowan, chief editor of Wired UK; Caterina Fake, founder of Flickr; and Eric Wahlforss, the co-founder of Soundcloud. Each of the interviewees discusses the emerging opportunities being enabled by technology as we enter the Networked Society. Concepts such as borderless opportunities…
Read MoreWe got a visitor – Tuesday Build 15 Nov
Neal came to visit us last night and brought two of his Arduino projects. In the spirit of Engadget, I will make up some names for the projects: 1 Sun seeking pan-and-tilter Pan and tilt kit with servo’s solar charged battery and sun location according to GPS coordinates in the Arduino. 2 Iberian Peninsula temperature…
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