Category Archives: hacking
Troubleshooting Arduino problems related to power
Short demo of the 8mm film scanner output
I have finished the 8mm telecine robot, the construction of which I have described in Part 1 and Part 2. There will be a couple of more parts at least so I can provide a complete picture of how it works and how it was built here are part 3 and part 4. Part …
Teaser for next project: Arduino-driven 8mm film scanner
I’ve been rather busy of late, so I haven’t had time to deliver the second part on the 3D scanner – sorry about that. But here’s a little teaser to keep your interest up: In this video you can see how the Arduino drives the servo, which runs the film …
Greetings from Denmark
Solving everyday niggly bits with 3D Printing
I don’t know about you, but I am one to get irritated with stuff that hangs out in the wrong places. A good example is the chest strap of the computer backpack: I never use it, but I don’t want to cut it off either and harm company property. Instead, …
Printing Fractals on MiniFactory
Last week, we had our 8th International IT Week for Students here at HAAGA-HELIA where I work. We had teams from Spain, Denmark, and Finland, and we looked into issues like mobile games development, robot building on the Arduino set, and on the Danish day, fractals. My good friend and …
Happy Hacking Day 2014 a success
Yesterday, Feb 11th, was the day of the 2nd Annual Happy Hacking Day at HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences. The word ‘hacking’ has a notorious sound to it. That is due to the early days, when so-called black hat hackers broke into computer systems with malice and forethought, and caused …