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Arduino “Counter Intelligence” II

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Arduino project for catching my cats on the kitchen counter, while they’re up there doing food intelligence work 🙂 Arduino nano in iPod Touch box. Switch arms toy gun, Knob controls trigger distance. Opto-isolators fire toy gun. Maxbotic ultrasonic rangefinder senses distance and determines if sonar field has been interrupted ( by cat). The gun … Read more

Those Rascally Free Radicals

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Our bodies are heat-generating machines that depend on oxygen to carry out basic metabolic functions. One of the by-products of this use of oxygen, or “oxidation,” is oxygen molecules that have been transformed into what are known as “free radicals.” Free radicals are generated by the body’s own metabolic systems. In addition, the environment is … Read more

Getting Into Robotics

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The Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. is an independent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. The mission of the OSR Foundation is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. One major project is ROS (Robot Operating System) which … Read more

James Bond Theme by Robot Quadrotors

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Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame. The quadrotors play this “couch guitar” by flying over guitar strings stretched across a couch frame; plucking the strings with a stiff wire … Read more

Bringing About a High Degree of Economic Justice

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In the 1930s, after a prolonged nonviolent struggle, Sweden and Norway “fired” the top 1 percent of people who set the direction for society and thereby created the basis for something different. When the 1 percent was in charge, both countries had a history of horrendous poverty as hundreds of thousands emigrated to avoid starvation. … Read more

Ascension Cafe’s Applesauce from the Cosmic Windfall

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Ascension Cafe’s Applesauce from the Cosmic Windfall #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Heavenly Appetiser Author: The Appreciator Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour Serves: 12 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit … Read more