Author: skullkey
Blumote and SHAC on iLifestyle
iLifestyle is a new show that started in February 2013 on SABC1; it airs on Thursdays at 18:30 The show explores how technology affects peoples everyday lives and one of the elements of ‘iLifestyle, is the profiling of South African inventors who have developed or use technology as a way of solving an existing problem…
Read MoreMill and Lathe
Yesterday House4Hack got a new member of the family – a combination mill and lathe! I was sitting at H4H minding my own business when first Guy, then Org, then Kobus arrived – ready for a road trip, so I could not help myself and tagged along. Kobus found the machine advertised on Gumtree for…
Read MoreMuting DSTV using Arduino
I have been playing around with infrared remote controls as part of the upcoming Introduction to MSP430 course – Guy and I were looking for an interesting use of PWM and timers, so the suggestion was to produce an infrared signal using an IR led. I set out to learn a bit more about IR…
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