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USB-C MicroSD card storage case for Pixel 7 Pro phonesMarch 2025 Attaching MicroSD card storage to Pixel 7 Pro phones with a custom phone case designed in OpenSCAD |
The state of MicroSD support on Android mobile, laptops, and E-Ink in 2025February 2025 Android has software support for MicroSD cards but is not in many mobile devices. Describes the state of MicroSD support in Android devices in 2025, as well as laptops, E-Ink devices, and MP3 players. |
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Intercept Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale scale logging to local database December 2024 How to perform a MITM of Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale HTTP uploads to do local IoT logging. |
Map Extraction Tools for BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks InceptionApril 2024 DOSBox-based reverse engineering project to extract a high-resolution game map from the old 1988 DOS game BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks Inception. An automated tool walks over the entire game universe and stitches together a 16384x16384 map. |
Replicate the acrylic viewport pressure experiments of J. D. Stachiw with Calculix finite element modellingJanuary 2023 J. D. Stachiw performed experiments to measure the deflection of 3 different sizes and thicknesses of acrylic over a flange with a range of pressures until implosion. My goal was to replicate these results using finite element modelling in Calculix and then compare this against the real-world experiments to see if they match. |
Computer vision-based IoT monitoringJune 2017 Many gas, electricity, and water meters do not integrate with modern IoT monitoring. I explore how to use computer vision with OpenCV to read the dials from a gas meter, and the challenges associated with it |
Modifying Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 to run on three immersive monitorsJune 2017 How I modified DOSBox and the original Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 from 1989 to run on my immersive multi-display flight simulator set up. |
Cheap and low power web server with local WikipediaMay 2017 Building a super low power web server and WiFi access point, with a full 50 Gb copy of wikipedia, for when you have no Internet access. |
IoT water meter monitoringMarch 2017 How I implemented my own water meter monitoring at home. There are differences between the various kinds of water meters, and it is important to understand this to accurately measure water usage. |
Immersive Home Flight Simulator Using X-Plane 11January 2017 How I built my own immersive flight simulator at home, using three large 42" televisions and X-Plane 11 |
Announcing updates to Google’s Internet of Things platform: Android Things and WeaveDecember 2016 Blog post I wrote for Google announcing the developer preview of Android Things and Weave, as part of Google's IoT developer platform. |
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Removal of a large tree root from the koi fish pond using an engine hoist December 2015 Time lapse video showing the removal of a large tree root from my koi fish pond. I needed to use an engine hoist to lift it out of the water. |
Using ADB from a remote build machine with a local Android device over SSHNovember 2015 How-to guide on building Android apps on a remote build machine via SSH, and installing them to a local Android device connected to your laptop. |
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Using the Google USB Driver on Windows for ADB with any Android device May 2015 How-to guide on using the generic Google USB driver on Windows for any Android phone, tablet, or wearable device. |
Adding a DismissOverlayView and dispatchTouchEvent() to your Android Wear ActivityOctober 2014 Discusses how to quickly add DismissOverlayView to your Android Wear application, which is a nice user interface to handle exiting a full screen app. Also talks about why you should use dispatchTouchEvent() instead of onTouchEvent() in your Activity. |
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Signing Android APKs with gradle from the command line August 2014 How to build and sign an Android Studio gradle project from the command line without editing any files. Makes it very nice for storing your project in version control while keeping the keys and passwords in a separate repository. |
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Clearing Android Wear cache August 2014 Discusses how to clear the Android Wear cache when resync does not work |
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Recording the screen with Android Wear and screenrecord August 2014 Discusses the Android screenrecord command, and how you can use it to capture video of an LG G Watch. |
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Porting notification code over to Android Wear July 2014 Describes how to port code from the Android Wear public preview over to the full Android Wear SDK released at Google I/O 2014. |
Multi-User Virtual RealityNovember 2013 The most amazing virtual reality system I have ever seen |
GoPro Dog BackpackSeptember 2013 How to construct your own GoPro backpack for your dog, using a few simple parts, and how to make it stable while the dog is running around. |
The state of Linux, distributions, OpenGL, and laptops in 2006June 2006 Some notes and comments about what OpenGL implementations and Linux distributions are the best to run on laptops in 2006 (obsolete) |
XChangerApril 2005 Regenerate XFree86 and XOrg configuration files with a GUI configurator based on templates. |
Hacking Your Own Virtual and Augmented Reality Apps for Fun and Profit! - Linux Conf Au 2004/2005 TutorialJanuary 2005 A detailed tutorial with slides and notes on doing 3D rendering, video capture, 3D object tracking using ARToolKit, and custom hardware interfaces, for building your own virtual and augmented reality systems |
Rover talking agent, for your Windows XP desktopSeptember 2004 A simple example showing how to embed Microsoft agent characters into a web page, and deploying it on your Windows XP desktop. |
PhD Thesis CompletedMarch 2004 My PhD thesis is titled Interactive 3D Modelling in Outdoor Augmented Reality Worlds, and was submitted on March 8, 2004 |
Project Oxcart - Repairing a TSB41AB1 Firewire Controller ChipDecember 2003 This project was was started to replace a broken TSB41AB1 chip located inside our Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. The chip is a 1394 Firewire controller and was blown by a voltage surge on the firewire cable. We thought it would be an interesting exercise to see if we could repair it. |
Rsync and Cygwin Windows Time Zone Problems On FAT FilesystemsApril 2003 How to deal with strange issues with timestamps changing on FAT filesystems, caused by the way Windows incorrectly handles time zones for FAT. |
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Google Developer Advocate 2014-2023
X-Plane plugins and apps for flight simulation
IoT water meter monitoring
IoT computer vision monitoring
Tiny and cheap offline Wikipedia project 2017
Outdoor augmented reality research
Tinmith 1998-2007
Outdoor augmented reality 3D modelling
Tinmith 1998-2007
Outdoor augmented reality gaming
ARQuake 1999-2007
Scanned physical objects outdoors
Hand of God 3D 2006