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Wayfinding with audio - designing 3D auditory displays

Wayfinding with audio - designing 3D auditory displays

I had the privilege to join the Guide Dogs UK / Cities Unlocked project earlier to help push it through the next phase of development. Our team built, productized and integrated a collection of truly amazing services to turn the idea into reality. From a user experience perspective, the turn-by-turn navigation

Monoprice Select Mini - Part 3: Tuning and Slicing

Monoprice Select Mini - Part 3: Tuning and Slicing

Now that we have our little printer set up and updated, it’s time to get on to the next step. This article will walk you through how to tune the configuration of the printer’s firmware and getting started with our first slicing program, Cura. No added costs this

Monoprice Select Mini - Part 2: Flashing the Firmware

Monoprice Select Mini - Part 2: Flashing the Firmware

CAUTION - THIS IS ONLY FOR V1 Printers, and only necessary for firmware revisions older than 22.41. Do not attempt to upgrade firmware on V2 printers. After you've gotten your brand new Select Mini out of the box, the next big step is updating the firmware. These

3D printing for the absolute beginner - Monoprice Select Mini

3D printing for the absolute beginner - Monoprice Select Mini

A couple of months ago I got another deal alert for a cheap 3D Printer, the Monoprice Select Mini, on sale for $175, from a still ridiculously low $199 regular price. Normally I wouldn't have given it a second thought[1]. This time however, a pretty thorough review

Extending the Intel Edison - Better sparkfun OLED Screen Support

Extending the Intel Edison - Better sparkfun OLED Screen Support

The Intel Edison platform is a great piece of hardware for wearables and other mobile computing projects. Intel manages two open source repositories, MRAA and UPM to enable multi-language interfaces to hundreds of different sensors, shields, motors, servos, input devices and displays. However, the Edison is also still a very

Microsoft Soundscape

Microsoft Soundscape

Turn by turn navigation for the visually impaired. A great idea that needed a lot of help getting to a shippable product.

Creating an Intel Edison Smartwatch case!

Creating an Intel Edison Smartwatch case!

Last week I was participating in a Hackfest, working with the Intel Edison and using a bunch of Sparkfun Blocks to create a prototype. A big reason for choosing the Edison and Sparkfun blocks was trying to make a standalone wearable device. It took us a couple of days, but