Our cat loves the internet of things. In general Luna loves stealing little bits of things. She stole the cable installers coax cable connectors and the HVAC repair persons wire connectors. Now she i
There is nothing like seeing a program you wrote interact with the physical world. For this lab experiment you can make and program your own robot. I began with instructions for the micro robot from
The goal is to get Rocket.Chat running on a Raspberry Pi 2. And what a crazy path it took me on. Rocket.Chat is an open source chat server that is easy to use and has lots of features that support co
Getting Arch Linux installed on a Raspberry Pi 2 was a challenge for me. Hopefully this post will help you set it up. Arch Linux is a very robust Linux version. It only installs the base default pack
We humans are fascinated with robots since at least the 10th century BC when Yan Shi is recorded to have created a human like automaton. Now we teach about robotics beginning in elementary school. Tw
I bought a new computer today. A tiny $9 computer. It is being funded using Kickstarter. In order for Next Thing Co. to get down to the $9 price point they needed to order in bulk. At the point this
The American computer industry seems dominated by people like me – males. But it was not always this way. While writing about SAGE in previous posts, I learned that at the beginning of the computer age, most programmers were women. My skills, including programming languages and tools, have a foundation built on the contributions of those who came before me. It turns out that I code like a girl, using concepts pioneered by women.
In the 1950s, the United States was worried about the threat of a Russian nuclear attack. But an Air Force computer helped allay those fears. SAGEMy last post about oscilloscopes mentioned the Semi-A