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We cross borders into the world of physical computing to chat about hardware hacking at House4Hack. Kenneth, Kevin & Len are joined by Toby Kurien (@TobyKurien), one of the early founders of House4Hack, a maker space in Centurion, and chat about Raspberry PI, Arduino, hacking telescopes, sub-orbital flight (ok, not really), home automation and lots more. House4Hack is an open space dedicated to providing enthusiasts with a community and space where they can build physical computing projects and embedded systems. CHANCE TO WIN! Tweet your favorite episode (and mention us) by 15/2 for a chance to get a R256 discount on your DevConf ZA ticket. Follow Toby & House4Hack on the internet: * https://twitter.com/TobyKurien * http://tobykurien.com * http://www.house4hack.co.za * http://groups.google.com/group/house4hack * http://www.meetup.com/house4hack-centurion/ Here are some resources mentioned during the show: * Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc * House4Hack High Altitude Glider Project - http://www.house4hack.co.za/high-altitude-glider-video * House4Hack PiScope - http://www.house4hack.co.za/piscope * OpenCV - http://opencv.org * Make your own smart watch - http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-smart-watch/ * Desktop aquaponics - http://www.house4hack.co.za/desktop-aquaponics * Getting started with Arduino Book - https://store.arduino.cc/product/B000001 * Raspberry PI 2 - https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/ * Arduino UNO - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno * ESP8266 - http://www.esp8266.com * Intel Edison - http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/edison.html * Intel Galileo - https://www.arduino.cc/en/ArduinoCertified/IntelGalileo * Arduino IDE Built-in examples - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/BuiltInExamples * Activating a camera shutter with an Arduino - http://www.martyncurrey.com/activating-the-shutter-release/ * How to photograph water droplets - http://www.photosbykev.com/wordpress/tips-and-trick/water-droplet-photography/ * X10 & Arduino - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/X10 * Other home automation protocols explained - http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/zigbee-vs-zwave-vs-insteon-home-automation-protocols-explained/ * Ubuntu MATE - https://ubuntu-mate.org * OpenELEC - http://openelec.tv * KODI - http://kodi.tv * RetroPie - http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/ * 7 fantastic RetroPie game stations - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-fantastic-retropie-game-stations-can-build-weekend/ * Turning the Raspberry PI into an FM transmitter - https://github.com/rm-hull/pifm * Raspbian - https://www.raspbian.org * Magpi magazine - https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/ * Raspberry PI Zero - https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/pi-zero/ * Node-RED - http://nodered.org Suppliers mentioned (no affiliation) * http://za.rs-online.com * http://www.communica.co.za * http://robotics.org.za * http://www.mantech.co.za * http://www.netram.co.za * http://www.hobbytronics.co.za * https://www.adafruit.com * https://www.sparkfun.com * http://www.dx.com * http://www.banggood.com Other local maker spaces * Binary Space in the Vaal Triangle - http://www.binaryspace.co.za * Makerlabs in Randburg - http://makerlabs.co.za * The MakerSpace in Durban - http://themakerspace.co.za * Maker Station in Cape Town - http://makerstation.co.za And finally our picks Kevin: * Johnny-Five - http://johnny-five.io * Arduino Starter Kit - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoStarterKit Kenneth: * Lanseria Airport - http://lanseria.co.za * Adafruit Learn Arduino Series - https://learn.adafruit.com/series/learn-arduino Toby: * Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com * uMatrix browser addon - https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix * Detect and disconnect WiFi cameras in that AirBnB you're staying in - https://julianoliver.com/output/log_2015-12-18_14-39 Len: * Lichess - http://en.lichess.org/
Time for some more IoT! Pete Brown checks in with Carl and Richard to talk about Microsoft's continuing announcements in the Internet of Things space. The conversation starts out with a discussion about Pete's work in the music side of things and the Windows 8 API for MIDI - helping musicians use a Windows 8 tablet as the hub of a music system. Then it's on to several important announcements, including the implementation of C# with the Intel Galileo board, and the announcement of two new hardware platforms: SharksCove, which is essentially a tablet-sized prototyping platform and MinnowBoard, a Arduino-sized board running actual Intel hardware and capable of running a full version of Windows and .NET! The hardware is getting amazing, and your .NET skills are even more valuable!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Time for some more IoT! Pete Brown checks in with Carl and Richard to talk about Microsoft's continuing announcements in the Internet of Things space. The conversation starts out with a discussion about Pete's work in the music side of things and the Windows 8 API for MIDI - helping musicians use a Windows 8 tablet as the hub of a music system. Then it's on to several important announcements, including the implementation of C# with the Intel Galileo board, and the announcement of two new hardware platforms: SharksCove, which is essentially a tablet-sized prototyping platform and MinnowBoard, a Arduino-sized board running actual Intel hardware and capable of running a full version of Windows and .NET! The hardware is getting amazing, and your .NET skills are even more valuable!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations
Montreal Sauce is not recommended by any number out of any other number of doctors. Paul and Chris discuss the previous episode with Justin Hall. Chris suggests the podcast, Supercharged by Adam Dachis and Len Peralta’s Geek a Week. Chris is using Podcast Addict on Android to catch podcasts, which he likes because it has Chromecast support. Paul has used Downcast and Castro on the iPhone for podcasts. Not released as of this recording, though, is his new favorite Overcast. Paul wants to be at podcast zero, like inbox zero. Thus, he shies away from the Nerdist network because they release new episodes daily! Paul is unsure about SoundCloud as he’s worried about losing the rights to his audio. (Though it seems he wouldn’t.) Chris empathizes, which is why he’s never posted his videos on Youtube. Chris is mad as a sleepy diabetic can be about filmmakers using Standard Definition instead of black & white to indicate something happened in the past. Recently, he witnessed this in The Grand Budapest Hotel. The Lego Movie gets Paul’s approval. Star Trek Into Darkness gets a Blu-Ray release. We giggle about Google’s Cardboard. Chris laments over Android Wear. He and Paul invent charging pants and redesign the classic Mickey Mouse watch into Disney’s Wolverine Watch. Remembering Chris’ kinetic (auto-winding) watch. Let’s talk Apple CarPlay vs. Android Auto. Paul and Chris share ideas about Raspberry Pi projects. Intel has a project board called Galileo. We grumble over Netflix’s catalog and interface. Paul wants to see The Aviator, The Big Lebowski and The Wolverine. Paul wants to buy .sexy URLs. So he can get too.sexy. Right Said Fred was recently on John Oliver’s show. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon
Microsoft regala placas Intel Galileo
In this archive of a livecast from Mobile World Congress, Nicole Scott (editor, MobileGeeks.com) and Chippy AKA Steve Paine (editor, UltraBookNews.com), stop by to talk about trends in the mobile/tablet space. They talk about the evolution of the mobile OS into the productivity space, the emergence of various security solutions for the mobile and tablet devices, what’s coming up in the wearables market, and as well as touching on the maker movement and where the Intel® Galileo board might take us.