Slashdot Mirror


User: spiritplumber

spiritplumber's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
548
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 548

  1. Re:You can do this with more features! on DIY Web-Controlled Robot That Takes 1 Hour To Build · · Score: 1

    Also, my rig is actually open source (the software is there for generic!java and android) and the schematic can be had for the asking (basically, send me an email asking for it, and I send you a pdf or vector).

  2. You can do this with more features! on DIY Web-Controlled Robot That Takes 1 Hour To Build · · Score: 1

    www.robots-everywhere.com I have built and sold since 2010 an Arduino board that lets you take any phone and any tank-style toy (or car with a standard servo for steering) to do exactly this. It has a longer range, too, since it can work in any network coverage EDGE or better. Question: Why was my work never news, then?

  3. Re:We can't organize that well on 71 Percent of U.S. See Humans On Mars By 2033 · · Score: 1

    I have noticed this behavior at NASA too on a small scale. A coworker of mine first tried to claim that he was supervising me (and was believed by a few people), then essentially tried to stall my work in order to show that progress was slower than expected and he needed more people under him. I just wanted to build sensors and remained oblivious to the politics until they were pointed out to me. My solution was to deliver the first production batch of sensors, complete with test rig happily blinking, to a meeting that was supposed to discuss said lack of progress: the fun part was watching the guy trying to pretend that the stuff on the conference room's table wasn't there the whole time. I eventually quit because I got tired of this sort of thing and they weren't paying on time.

  4. Re:Ok , humans go to Mars ... and do what? on 71 Percent of U.S. See Humans On Mars By 2033 · · Score: 1

    Elerium-115, obviously.

  5. Re:In related news on 71 Percent of U.S. See Humans On Mars By 2033 · · Score: 1

    That's a coincidence. I have the same combination on my luggage.

  6. Re:It's different! on North Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    East Germany was a lot better off than NK is. In addition, the two countries were separated for less time -- the Koreas had time for a full human lifespan to pass with the countries divided. That is very hard to undo.

  7. DHS is free to try to steal my stuff. They will fail, and I will laugh at them after they do (and put it on youtube to share the mirth).

  8. Not needing a foolproof UI is most of it on Mars Rover Curiosity: Less Brainpower Than Apple's iPhone 5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've written an universal autopilot in 2007 that fits in 32K of eeprom. I say that not to brag, but to mean that these things are not unusual. Software on PLCs and so on is often very small -- it also has to be very good at not crashing. Fortunately that's all it has to be: nobody cares if the scroll bar doesn't glow when it's hit the end and so on, it just has to keep the power plant working :)

  9. Re:brain damage? on Researchers Study Mystery of the Toddler Who Won't Grow · · Score: 1
  10. Bioshock? on Researchers Study Mystery of the Toddler Who Won't Grow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like she's actually not aging, and has some sort of ability to remove tumors. Is she being stalked by a giant in a diving suit?

  11. I make these on DARPA Wants To Seed the Ocean With Delayed-Action Robot Pods · · Score: 1, Informative

    I make these (have been since 2010), are they buying? Who do I get in touch with?

  12. I have a reprap and solidoodle on 3D Printer Round-Up: Cube 3D, Up! Mini, and Solidoodle · · Score: 1

    and have to say that the second was a lot easier to get to work well.

  13. Repossess / foreclose on Ask Slashdot: How To Collect Payments From a Multinational Company? · · Score: 0
  14. Re:Hold your head high ! on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 0

    I agree. It's not even the physical thing - I was bullied regularly up to grade 10 (out of of 13, this was in Italy) after which I had a growth spurt and grew some muscles out of being crew on a charter sailboat as a summer job. The harassing stopped instantly after I beat the crap out of three people in full view of a couple dozen, but I didn't get any more popular (The principal, a very old fashioned gentleman, only gave me some extra homework for the class he was teaching as punishment and privately congratulated me on finally fighting back). I mostly still ate lunch by myself, only people got out of the way when I sat. Made my friends' lives quite a bit easier, though.

  15. Re:no on Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago · · Score: 0

    A Kalahari bushman might get himself arrested, or committed, but he wouldn't get killed. You (or I) on the other hand would starve or become something's lunch. That's kind of the point...

  16. Re:Taking a hint from the last election on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, the dog was securely strapped to the car's roof.

  17. Open hardware, then? on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 0

    Would there be a market for an Android based system for this, that offloads the processing to the phone? I am willing to design it and make it open hardware. I will do this based on how many people answer this message and email me. mkb (at) robots-everywhere.com

  18. Re:Guilty much? on Graduate Students Being Warned Away From Leaked Cables · · Score: 0

    And I hope for your sake that the majority of you went home and did just that. If your employer is trusting you with a security clearance but it's not trusting you with publically available data, it means that they are suffering from schizophrenia and you should call an ambulance.

  19. So in order to be the ultimate reference... on Spring Dynamic Modules In Action · · Score: 0

    ... was it written by Coily the Spring Sprite? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngBNklagsHQ

  20. does not compute on Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So that's why the first tablet that doesn't let you do everything a laptop would succeeded?

  21. Kipman: on Microsoft Says Kinect Left Open By Design · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, those grapes look really sour from down here.

  22. Re:UAV nothing special on China Demonstrates 25+ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles · · Score: 1
  23. Yawn. on China Demonstrates 25+ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles · · Score: 1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJHj3hOcuI Good for them, I demonstrated mine in 2007 and nobody wanted it.