Got back from Chicago Tardis a couple of days ago. I had a great time. I took Mini-Me and he trundled up and down the hallway again like last year. Most people were happy to see him and took the opportunity to get their sonic screwdrivers out. (Ha like that really has an effect on [...]
I found a really cool open source 3D modelling software called FreeCAD. It’s cross platform and runs on Linux and Windows. I thought I should give it a try. Wow, it was so hard to do anything. I really had not seen this type of parametric modeller software before. Then I found a tutorial on [...]
At Maker Faire or two ago I bought the Voice Shield kit that is produced by SpikenzieLabs (http://www.spikenzielabs.com). It fits on top of the Arduino and only uses a few pins of the Arduino so there are lots of other pins available to do other things like trigger a sound, or whatever. It is based [...]
Here you can see the eye stalks have been added to the body and the whole thing is starting to take shape. The microphone is hidden in the utility stalk that sticks out at the front. Not sure if I will add a claw or something there. The electronics are all working, with the exception [...]
I bought this speech recognition kit a while ago (well, around 5 years ago). Initially I had all sorts of ideas on how to use it until I found it was a little limited. The board was made by Sensory Inc. and it was called the Voice Direct II. I say was, because it is [...]
