Introduction An electronics box prototype to track missing cargo during lorry transport. This was implemented by the Sustainable Living Lab (SL2) at the Raitong Organics Farm in Northeastern Thailand. The whole process from ideation, iterative development, testing and deployment spanned about two weeks, including three days at the Raitong Farm in Thailand. Image: The Raitong …
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Using a microphone as an airflow sensor
I was having problems with overseas shipping for some wind sensors so I tried used a cheap microphone as an airflow sensor instead. It sort of works and I am quite proud of it. At first I hooked up the microphone to an Arduino but it was not able to tell the difference between sound …
The making of the “Neobombe” prototype (electronics)
So my group of friends and I exhibited our “Neobombe” prototype at the Singapore Maker Faire last weekend. After submitting our proposal more than two months ago, we managed to scrap together a working prototype. It is far from perfect and has a lot of room for improvement. Given more time and budget, we could …
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Singapore Maker Faire 2015
The first full-fledged maker faire held in Singapore. Over 10,000 visitors and 200 booths. Graced by the Education Minister and Maker Media CEO Dale Dougherty. Click on any image below to see in slideshow format.
Assembling the Adafruit Cupcade
Spent about two days assembling the Adafruit Cupcade as a gift for a friend. Some soldering and fiddling around with the command line is required. I ordered the kit online. You have to provide the Raspberry Pi though, more specifically a Model One Revision B. I had an old one lying around that I bought …
Proposal for Singapore maker faire – the “Neobombe”
So some of my friends and I (our group has a name – “Art Makes Us“) decided to take part in the Maker Faire in Singapore this year. It will be held a primary school in Tampines sometime early July. Here is our project description: “Neobombe” is a scientific artwork based on the Turing machine …
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The making of the “yes-no” box
I was given a mysterious job at work from the very top management in my company. I was asked to make a simple communication device that merely says “yes” or “no” with a single button. A longer press means “no” while a short press means “yes”, denoted by a blinking red and green LED respectively. …
Hacking a wii sensor bar
So I needed a wii sensor bar that looks nice enough to be deployed in a commercial installation for a big client in the USA. Previously, for a similar installation in Malaysia, it was my first time doing it, so we proposed a design made up of wood that looks like this: It was big …
Proof of concept: Arduino Ethernet shield
I was asked to do some research on the Arduino Ethernet shield for potential uses in interactive installations. So I spent a couple of days learning about it and creating a proof of concept working prototype that shows a two way communication of data via the Ethernet between a PC and an Arduino. Strings and …
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Hacking a Hasbro toy lightsaber
As part of work research, I was asked to hack a Hasbro toy lightsaber. It was the first time I tried hacking anything at all and I considered it a minor miracle that I succeeded. By hacking, I mean actually replacing the entire electronics, LEDs and the logic chip, and replacing them with my own …
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