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Prototyping a vocoder with GStreamer

by ao2, September 10, 2014

A vocoder is basically a tool to turn any sound into something which can “speak”, some examples can be seen in this Collin's Lab episode about MIDI, or in this classic from the Kraftwerk (the vocoder effect starts at 1:06):

Whether you are planning to ask for a ransom, or joining the Daft Punk, or taking a time travel to the '70s: a vocoder is always handy.

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KITT showing an Applesoft BASIC program

by ao2, August 25, 2014

I was watching a Knight Rider episode (namely from Season 3, Episode 1: Knight of the Drones) and I spotted some source code of a program listed by KITT.

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Applesoft BASIC source code

Tokenized Applesoft BASIC program

DOS3.3 disk image with the program listed by KITT

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Sblocco modem ADSL AGTWI su linux e senza saldature

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PS3 BD Remote Controller under raspbmc (or XBMC)

by ao2, June 12, 2014

Here are some notes about how to use the PS3 BD Remote Controller with raspbmc (raspbmc is an XBMC distribution optimized for the Raspberry Pi).

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JMP-rope, the theory and the software

by ao2, April 16, 2014

The mathematical model behind the JMP-rope, as for any rotating POV system, is the polar coordinate system.

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JMP-rope, the hardware

by ao2, April 16, 2014

The hardware of the first JMP-rope prototype is very simple:

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JMP-rope, the programmable jump rope

by ao2, April 16, 2014

Mix sport, technology and art and you get the perfect project.

I really enjoy art even though I am not much of an artist myself, I am definitely a technologist (more of a researcher of technology than a user TBH), and I've become a sports person too in the latest years, in particular I discovered how jumping rope can be a fun way to do cardio, way funnier than playing hamster on the treadmill; and each time I was jumping rope I started thinking about a tech project involving a jump rope.

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DIY wire-wrapping tool

by ao2, March 21, 2014

diy
hardware

Wire-wrapping is a very handy way to connect wires to PCB pins, especially in two scenarios:

As an alternative to soldering, in order to be able to easily recycle the components.
As an alternative to female jumper wires, in order to save some vertical space (sometimes jumper wire connectors are just too long).