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Raspberry Pi Projects For The Holiday Season

November 25, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

With the holiday season upon us we all might get a bit more time to spend around home. What better time to make some neat new Raspberry Pi projects! I’ve gathered up some of the recent projects I’ve found shared around the web. Raspberry Pi Satellite Data Receiver: Raspberry Pi Bar Top Arcade: EEVBlog Raspberry Pi Cluster Computer: NES Classic Mini RetroPie Gaming System: Pi Zero Hand Held Gaming Console: Poison Tap- Pi Zero USB Hacking Exploit: I hope you…

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First look at the new Intel Arduino 101 Board

May 6, 2016 Comments 0 Comment

Recently the PR firm for Intel reached out to me and asked if I would have a look at the new Arduino 101 board. I agreed and decided to make a YouTube video on the topic. Basically the 101 is the same form factor as the Arduino UNO board but with far better specs. Here is the video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v61hdn_zdR0&ab_channel=MKmeLab So my thoughts on the board: I’ll be honest in that I have never liked the UNO form at all….

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New Electronics Parts- Mailbag Videos

November 30, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

A pile of electronics goodies arrived in the MKme shop recently. These components will be used in ongoing projects as well as some new projects you can expect to see on the YouTube channel. Thanks to Gearbest for the Raspberry Pi Goodies. All these parts are already committed to various projects. Too many are laying incomplete on the workshop shelves We also got some goodies from Banngood as well. This new robot platform will be develop alongside the existing Arduino…

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Fully Automated Cat Feeding with RFID!

November 24, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

Member of the community Ken sent in his amazing cat feeding station project. Taking existing commercially available components he was able to fully police his cats eating habits. Check Ken out on Twitter HERE. From Ken: We have two cats, Gypsy and George. Gypsy likes to over-eat which means that George does not always get as much as he should (Life is never easy with pets). Our solution was to build two cat feeding stations. I was able to get two…

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Atmel Interviews Eric on the Gas Sensor for Emergency Workers

November 5, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

Atmel recently published a full one on one interview with Eric from mkme.org on the Gas Sensor for Emergency Workers Atmel states: “Confined spaces can be a dangerous part of rescue work, especially for miners and firemen. Not only do they have to worry about walls caving in and trapping people, but hazardous gasses. And while there are several expensive robotic devices out there that can take gas sensors deep into these tight areas ahead of rescuers, Eric William has…

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You are the reason I love what I do!

August 5, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

Monday I went live on Persicope to talk about a few things that have been on my mind a lot lately. I want to share with you some of my favorite YouTube channels from some really great people! Here is the replay of the live Periscope show: Channels I like for inspiration: Gary Vee: Tim: Evan: TED: Some standards for everything Maker, electronics and otherwise “hobby-ish”: Dave Jones: Adafruit: Hackaday: Hacksmith: AvE FliteTest: BMSWEB: Spoktra50: TinkerNut: Dave: A bunch more…

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Tech Talk Live with Eric Show #31 June 22 2015

June 22, 2015 Comments 0 Comment

Tech Talk Live with Eric Show #31 June 22 2015. This week we cover the weekly news from the #Maker and #Tech world. As well we cover some big news for the MKme Community as a whole. Here is the live broadcast video: Here are the show notes/links to the content discussed this week: Tech News: International Space Station Expedition 43 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan Oculus’s Microsoft Partnership Makes A Lot Of Sense STUFF THE BALLOT BOXES FOR THE…

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