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johngineer @ MakerFaire Rhode Island!

A bit of a last minute addition to the lineup, but johngineer is going to MakerFaire Rhode Island!

I’m going to be doing a couple of mini photo workshops focused on taking product photos outdoors. The first session will be at 5pm, and will focus on using the sun as a light source. The second session, at 8pm, will use artificial light. Both sessions will discuss using reflectors, camera set up and use, and lots of other neat tricks.

After the shooting demos, I’ll be doing Q&A. If you have any questions about the photo tutorial, or photography in general, feel free to come on by and ask.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by johngineer, posted August 27, 2010 at 12:13 am


OpenScience Summit Streaming Live

This photo via SingularityHub. Click photo for link.

The Open Science Summit began yesterday in Berkeley, CA, and will run through tomorrow. From the website:

In the last 500 years we’ve witnessed paradigm shattering conceptual shifts associated with names such as Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, and, Einstein. Simultaneously, the evolution of technology drives progress in unpredictable ways—Galileo borrowed principles from the technology of eye-glasses to pioneer the use of the telescope in astronomy, while Watson and Crick relied on Rosalind Franklin’s skill with X-ray diffraction (a tool from physics) to probe the structure of life.  (Undoubtedly, Franklin’s contribution would have been more fully recognized under a true Open Science Paradigm.)

To this classification of scientific revolutions, we can now add a third kind, an Organizational Revolution, the advent of a truly “Open Science,” which will profoundly affect the pace and character of subsequent theory and tool-driven paradigm shifts.

If you can’t get to Berkeley to attend, you can watch the streaming video on FORA.tv (clicky).

Schedule here.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — by johngineer, posted July 30, 2010 at 12:41 pm


Hacking Rock-Paper-Scissors

from chacha.com.

“Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.” – Terry Goodkind

Filed under: Uncategorized — by johngineer, posted July 22, 2010 at 3:03 pm


Rosie the robot stained glass

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Rosie the robot stained glass, originally uploaded by adafruit.

Spotted at hope!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted July 18, 2010 at 10:50 am


Ask an engineer tonight 10pm edt!

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Ask an engineer tonight 10pm edt!, originally uploaded by adafruit.

We’ll be broadcasting live tonight! Either from hope or from our shop – see you there!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted July 17, 2010 at 12:30 pm


Open source hardware biz talk

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Open source hardware biz talk, originally uploaded by adafruit.

We’ll post the slides soon, thanks for coming out!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted at 12:23 pm


MOSFET packed

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MOSFET packed, originally uploaded by adafruit.

Ready for hope day 2

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted at 11:35 am


Electronics tattoo spotted @ HOPE

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Electronics tattoo spotted @ HOPE, originally uploaded by adafruit.

HOPE has some fun ink!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted July 16, 2010 at 5:38 pm


DIY credit card reader with Teensy

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DIY credit card reader with Teensy, originally uploaded by adafruit.

DIY credit card reader with Teensy, we made this using a mag stripe reader and a Teensy – it automatically fills out our virtual terminal page for the shopping cart to take on site purchases.

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted at 10:56 am


At HOPE!

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At HOPE!, originally uploaded by adafruit.

Booth is open!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted at 10:30 am


Heading to HOPE

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Heading to HOPE, originally uploaded by adafruit.

Packing up and testing mobile posting!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted July 15, 2010 at 8:38 pm


ARDXs for HOPE!

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ARDXs for HOPE!, originally uploaded by adafruit.

Packin’ them up!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by adafruit, posted at 8:37 pm


The Future of the User Interface

via TED:

Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how tomorrow’s computers will be controlled?

Filed under: Uncategorized — by johngineer, posted July 5, 2010 at 2:01 pm


10 American Inventions (We Use Every Day)

Independence Day is upon us! I’ve made a list of 10 American inventions used by Adafruit every day. Obviously, this list could number a lot more than 10 things, and it doesn’t claim to be definitive. It’s just good, clean American fun!

1. Mail Order (1744 – Benjamin Franklin) — and by extension distant, worldwide commerce on an interpersonal level. It’s the reason why someone in the Philippines can buy a clock from a company in New York City that’s made with a display which comes from a country that doesn’t even exist anymore.

2. Swivel Chair (1776 – Thomas Jefferson) — A life without a swivel chair is hardly a life at all. Adafruit has nice ones. I think Adabot picked them up at a Goldman-Sachs garage sale.

3. Refrigeration (1805 – Oliver Evans) — Keeps the beer cider cold.

4. Electric Doorbell (1831 – Joseph Henry) — The UPS man is here!

5. Vacuum Cleaner (1860 – Daniel Hess) — Adafruit has a cat, therefore Adafruit has a vacuum cleaner. This one looks like one of those squid machines from The Matrix.

6. Chewing Gum (1870 – Thomas Adams) — We buy our gum in tins. Then we throw out the gum and put electronics inside the tins. Circle of life.

7. Tape dispenser (1932 — John A. Borden) — Ensures freshness!

8. Digital Computer – (1937 — George Stibitz) — It’s a nice novelty, but it’ll never really catch on.

9. Compiler (1949 – Grace Hopper) — It’s how we tell those little chips what to do and when to do it.

10. Ctrl+Alt+Delete (1981 – David Bradley) — This doesn’t actually happen every day, but it does happen. And it’s always someone else’s fault.

Have a great 4th of July!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by johngineer, posted July 4, 2010 at 12:48 pm


Building a Better BBQ Pit

via IEEE Spectrum:

About six years ago, Bill Karau, an engineer who has worked for the U.S. Navy and Motorola, decided to build his own barbecue pit. What started as an annual barbecue tour with friends had quickly turned into a full-fledged hobby. ”I’ve probably had the opportunity to eat at somewhere between 120 and 130 barbecue joints over the last decade,” says the Texas native, ”and one of the things we always did on these trips, in addition to sampling the meat and talking about it, is we always go visit the pit boss and look at the pit. And me being the engineering geek in the crowd, I always wanted to try to understand the science behind what appears to be a black art.”

Filed under: Uncategorized — by johngineer, posted at 8:11 am


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