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	<description>Random experiments, circuits, code, rapid prototyping, sometimes things to buy, and the odd tune by Tod E. Kurt.</description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a video star on Slate, sort of</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/06/06/im-a-video-star-on-slate-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/06/06/im-a-video-star-on-slate-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

SlateV had a feature on 3D printing and Makerbots entitled "How to Print a Bicycle".  Bre of course was the spokesman.  About halfway through it though, my friend Jon saw my face.  Whoop, I'm famous!  Okay, so maybe not famous exactly.  But they did feature one of my creations.

While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BristleBots and LED throwie art at Crash Space!</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/03/07/bristlebots-and-led-throwie-art-at-crash-space/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/03/07/bristlebots-and-led-throwie-art-at-crash-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This upcoming Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 8pm at Crash Space in Culver City, we'll be having some fun quick DIY projects for you to build.  Come on over and have fun with us.  The project kits are $5 for CrashSpace members or $10 for non-members and you can take them home after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/09/24/not-a-sunrise-but-a-galaxy-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/09/24/not-a-sunrise-but-a-galaxy-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the greatest bits of youtubery I've ever seen, and I generally dislike auto-tuned stuff. Carl Sagan's Cosmos was one of the most important things to happen to me as a child.  This video &#038; song gives me the shivvers.  And makes me miss Sagan all the more.



I love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arduino Serial protocol design patterns</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/07/30/arduino-serial-protocol-design-patterns/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/07/30/arduino-serial-protocol-design-patterns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

When I first started with Arduino, I thought Serial.available() was a very loose wrapping of the RXC bit in the USCRA register, i.e. if I didn't get data out of there fast, it'd be gone. That led to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New RoombaComm 0.96</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/03/26/new-roombacomm-096/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/03/26/new-roombacomm-096/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Bouchier has kindly spent time and updated the Java RoombaComm library.  Not only did he add support for the newer 5xx series Roombas, but he fixed a lot of bugs, added new features, made things work easier under Windows, and generally cleaned up the mess of code I had created.  

Check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy 520 machinist toolchest</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/03/07/kennedy-520-machinist-toolchest/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/03/07/kennedy-520-machinist-toolchest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the best toolchest ever, if you do electronics or other small tasks.





My dad was an avionics tech, he knows how to fix any electronic thing in an airplane.  He's had a toolbox like this as long as I can remember.  He used to take in on planes when he'd fly to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart garments (I&#8217;m on TV! for 3 frames)</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/03/07/smart-garments-im-on-tv-for-3-frames/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/03/07/smart-garments-im-on-tv-for-3-frames/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Syuzi Pakhchyan had a nice long segment on Make:TV this week.  She visited the todbot lab to have the laser cutter cut the designs for the switches in her garment. There's a 1-second shot where the camera pans over the lab and to the cutter.  For about 2 frames, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make a black iPhone/iPod headset</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/09/08/make-a-black-iphoneipod-headset/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/09/08/make-a-black-iphoneipod-headset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like the stock iPhone headset.  They sound okay as headphones, their mic is pretty good, and setup is much easier than with a Bluetooth headset.  Plus they're pretty cheap at $29.  I also liked the stock iPod headphones, for similar reasons.  I'm clumsy with headphones and tend to break [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sketching08 talk: Good Hardware APIs et al</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/07/31/sketching08-talk-good-hardware-apis-et-al/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/07/31/sketching08-talk-good-hardware-apis-et-al/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sketching in Hardware '08 conference was held at  RISD in Providence, Rhode Island this year.  Both RISD and Providence were very welcoming and I think we had a lot of fun.  Once again, Mike pulls off an awesome conference.

For my talk, since I didn't have one big thing I've been [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>BlinkM &amp; Arduino 3D models</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/06/23/blinkm-arduino-3d-models/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/06/23/blinkm-arduino-3d-models/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a really quick 3D model of BlinkM, if anyone needs it.  It's accurate to ~0.1mm.



- blinkm.skp -- BlinkM SketchUp model
- rgb_led_piranha.skp -- Piranha RGB LED SketchUp model

And here it is plugged  into the awesomely done Arduino Diecimila model by Jon-Paul from the Google 3D Warehouse.



SketchUp is pretty great, but I found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get on the BlinkM Bus with a BlinkM Cylon</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/06/17/get-on-the-blinkm-bus-with-a-blinkm-cylon/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/06/17/get-on-the-blinkm-bus-with-a-blinkm-cylon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

BlinkMs are a lot of fun by themselves, but they’re also little network devices, each having its own address on an I2C network. Here’s where I think BlinkM can really shine since it makes controlling multiple RGB LEDs pretty easy. For Maker Faire, I wanted to show off this facet by having a single [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;WiiChuck&#8221; Wii Nunchuck Adapter Available</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/02/18/wiichuck-wii-nunchuck-adapter-available/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2008/02/18/wiichuck-wii-nunchuck-adapter-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/2008/02/18/wiichuck-wii-nunchuck-adapter-available/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to hook up a Wii Nunchuck to an Arduino but don't want to cut up the cord on  your Nunchuck?  Yeah me too.  So I made some of these:





It's a small PCB that adapts the Wii Nunchuck connector to standard 4-pin header. I call it the "wiichuck adapter". It plugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Jed the cat, ~1992 &#8211; 8 Aug 2007</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2007/08/08/in-memoriam-jed-the-cat-1992-8-aug-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2007/08/08/in-memoriam-jed-the-cat-1992-8-aug-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 
Jed, aka "JedJedJed", "Jedders", "Jedbutt", "Little Wacko" died today after living approximately 15 years.  He died quietly in his home with me at his side.


He had lymphoma that ate up his back leg joint and alimentary canal.  It was so frustrating, for both me and him, to see his body failing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>WineM, a ThingM technology sketch</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2007/01/15/winem-a-thingm-technology-sketch/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2007/01/15/winem-a-thingm-technology-sketch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At my new company ThingM, Mike and I have completed a technology sketch for WineM, a smart wine rack.  Below is a video demonstration and an abstract.  A full description can be found on the ThingM site.  We periodically create Technology Sketches as a way to explore the ideas we're thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking at dorkbot-socal, Saturday June 3rd</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2006/05/30/speaking-at-dorkbot-socal-saturdy-june-3/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2006/05/30/speaking-at-dorkbot-socal-saturdy-june-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 18:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the next meeting of the SoCal instantiaton of dorkbot, I'll be bringing an entourage of Roomba with me and will be demonstrating the hackability of them.  Some of the things I'll be talking about:

- RoombaMidi  / Roombas making music
- Roomba Spirographs / Roombas making art
- Roomba as robotics experimentation platform
- What's [...]]]></description>
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