If a small pipe CNC machine can be made why not scale it up and make a huge one. I have never seen a large CNC machine made with this configuration. I am real curious to see what it is like when bluefacedthief completes it. Original Post: Huge DIY Pipe …
Gadget Gangster has been cranking out the new products. Here is a 3 axis accelerometer board with Gyro capability that looks like lots of fun. “The Acc_Gyro Board represents a 5DOF Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), capable of measuring acceleration on all 3-axis as well as measuring rotation rate around the X and Y axis. Combining [...]
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Tags: 3v, Acceleration, Accurate Values, Angles, Axis Accelerometer, Drift, Dual Axis, Gadget, Gaming Devices, Gangster, Gyro, Imu, Inclination, Inertial Measurement Unit, Lots Of Fun, Low Pass Filters, Power Sources, Robots, Rotation Rate, Voltage Regulator 
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Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Web services, web 2.0, Web, Microblogging Over the last year, I’ve almost entirely abandoned browser bookmarks – instead switching to Instapaper: the service that lets you save webpages for reading later, whether in the browser or via the service’s handy iPhone app. In the run up to Christmas, whilst I was [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: 31 Dec, Bookmark Service, Christmas, Copyright, Dashboard, Facelift, Handy, Internet Utilities, Iphone, Last Minute Christmas Shopping, Minute Christmas, Nbsp, Os World, Web Web, World Wide Web, Worth Noting That Comments Off
Filed under: Google, VoIPGoogle Voice is great for voicemail and text transcription, call forwarding, and a bunch of other useful phone-related services, but it’s not a full VoIP solution like Skype. That could change in 2010, though, especially since Google acquired Gizmo5, a company that develops technology for web-to-web and web-to-phone calls. Owning Gizmo5 doesn’t [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Bradley Horowitz, Brand Name, Call Forwarding, Communication, Copyright, Dls, Google, Nbsp, Recent Quotes, Related Services, Scratching The Surface, Skype Download, Sms, Technology, Text Transcription, Voice Over Internet, Voice Over Internet Protocol, Voicemail, Voip Solution, Vp Comments Off
Filed under: Fun, Internet, Features As you can probably tell, I’m not as savvy when it comes to software — sure, I know my way around a computer, but it’s nothing like the prowess that Lee and Jay display here on Download Squad. You see… I’m a geek. Not a Mac nerd like Jay, or [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Android, Apollo Computers, Apollo Guidance Computer, Apollo Software, Beasties, Carcasses, Cellular Service Provider, Dweeb, Instrumentation Lab, Internet Features, Iphone, Lunar Missions, Lunar Module, Lunar Modules, Nasa, Prowess, Security Linux, Squeal, Terabytes, Touch Screens Comments Off
Filed under: Text, Windows, iPhone Here you have it! A first look at Blio, an eBook reader app that is destined to be used on tablets such as Apple’s rumored iSlate. Blio is the creation of inventor and futurist Raymond Kurzweil. You might be familiar with his name if you’ve used speech recognition software, or [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Apple, Blio, Book Nook, Ces, E Book, Ebook Download, Ebook Reader, Futurist, Gizmodo, Google, Instructional Books, Inventor, Iphone, Nbsp, Nerd, Pretty Pictures, Raymond Kurzweil, Speech Recognition Software, Swish, Text Windows Comments Off
Filed under: Features, Linux, Open Source, Browsers, Lists Sure, Chrome OS has been all over the headlines since early December. But it might not run on your hardware and you’re going to have to wait at least a year for the final version. Why bother waiting? Linux enthusiasts have been working on projects like this [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Basic Games, Beta Testing, Beta Version, Browsing Music, Core Functionality, Drive Usb, Facbook, Google, Header Image, Initial Impressions, Linux Distros, Linux Enthusiasts, Linux Games, Livecd, Netbook, Optical Drive, Twitter, Video Playback, Wormux, Wubi Comments Off
Filed under: Design, Utilities, Windows Those of you who enjoy rotating through a variety of fresh wallpaper images have probably heard of InterfaceLIFT and Wallpaper Stock. They’re both excellent places to download high-quality background images for your desktop. Perhaps you’d rather take the hands-free approach and let an application handle downloading duties. Have a look [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Background Desktop, Background Downloads, Background Wallpaper, Computer Wallpaper, Confirmation, Download Images, Free Approach, High Quality, High Res Images, Images Download, Interfacelift, Interval, Microsoft Windows, Nbsp, Oomph, Quality Background Images, Wallpaper Downloads, Wallpaper Images, Wally, Windows Microsoft Comments Off
Filed under: Fun, Text, Utilities, Linux, Office, Productivity, Freeware, Open Source, EducationFor new users, I recommend the openSUSE-Edu Li-f-e(Linux for Education) Live DVD. You can get it at http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Live#Download. There are some screen shots here. This is a Live DVD – you simply place the DVD in the computer’s DVD drive and reboot the machine [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Collaborative Editor, Drive Memory, E Mail, Educational Computer, Ekiga Softphone, Firefox Browser, Fun Text, Gnu Image Manipulation, Gnu Image Manipulation Program, Image Manipulation Program, Manipulation Tasks, Mathematical Software Packages, Office Productivity, Open Source Education, Productivity Suite, Project Graphics, Retouching Photos, Sophisticated Image, Text Utilities, Voice Over Ip Comments Off
Filed under: Internet, Social Software… and I thought one online social suicide machine was enough, but I guess not: there’s another site called Seppukoo and it’s just been C&D’d by Facebook’s crack team of lawyers. Facebook seems to be taking these ‘virtual suicide’ services rather seriously, and in a classic case of legalese-owns-you, Seppukoo is [...]
Posted in Download Squad Tags: Assisting Suicide, C Amp, Classic Case, Crack, Facebook, Laughing Matter, Login Details, Mortal Coil, Muscles, Nbsp, Police State, Privacy Settings, Revenue Stream, Social Software, Social Suicide, Software World, Suicide Machine, Suicides, Virtual Suicide, War Crimes Comments Off
