Month: January 2012

Autonomous robot using Arduino 9D inertial sensor

Hey keep up the good work guys!  My first visit to the H4H yesterday was great fun and I am really impressed with this initiative – its a haven for hackers and makers and reminds me a lot of the Ham Radio clubs I used to visit with my dad many years ago. Btw see…

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Hacking in Ga-Nkoane

T00bl1pp3 en I had a “quick” (10 hour round trip) visit to Ga-Nkoane in Limpopo -for those who don’t immediately know where this is: [mappress mapid=”2″] The reason for our visit was to test a field device House4Hack is busy developing for Eskom.  The device will be used during their surveys of the sub-reticulation networks to record…

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A sign of life. In an arid desert.

For well over a couple of years now, I have been looking to make contact with a community of hackers and makers in South Africa. Much to my chagrin, South Africa has been an arid desert.  No hackers.  No makers. South Africa may have beautiful places and great weather.  However, as far as creating and…

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