I made a LASER projector with DC motors. This can display only circular forms. I wanted to make one that can display vector graphics. There is an instructable to make these from speakers. I am also trying that but my setup has a lot of distortion.
In this alternative I have used the read head...
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LASER scanners for vector projection
Arduino – Digital Thermometer
LCDs facinate me very much. The second thing I did with my Arduino and the 16×2 LCD was to hook it up as per this schematic and try to say hi
Then I used the same logic to display the temperature.
Things used for this project are
Arduino UNO
16×2 Hitachi compatible LCD
LM35 Temperature sensor
This tutorial...
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Anna Hazare Fasts in Mumbai for Better Lokpal
Anna Hazare Tuesday started a three-day fast for a strong Lokpal, while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defended the government’s proposed ombudsman following an opposition onslaught.
As MPs furiously debated the pros and cons of the Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha, Team Anna urged Parliament to dump the proposed legislation, saying it was too weak...
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How to create a workable budget
“Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card petrol.”
Taking control of your cash inflow and outflow is the base for financial planning. Budgeting is important to gain control over your financial life, be prepared and avoid surprises, save for a major purchase, get out of debt and stay out...
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HSBC faces trouble over PPI complaints as deadline looms
Bank fails to tell all victims mis-sold payment protection insurance how much compensation they will receive
HSBC said the regulator would be ‘supportive of our approach’ in dealing with PPI complaints. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
HSBC could find itself in trouble with the Financial Services Authority after it emerged the bank will fail to meet a deadline...
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Apple staffer loses test iPhone in bar – again
Police called in for search as ‘priceless’ prototype iPhone 5 is left in Mexican restaurant in San Francisco, according to report
An Apple employee left a prototype iPhone 5 in a Mexican restaurant on San Francisco, according to a report. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
Have you heard this one before? An Apple employee walks into a bar in...
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Alleged Gadhafi message urges Libyans to fight on
In a message of utter anger and defiance that aired Thursday, a man purported to be Libya’s fugitive leader Moammar Gadhafi urged Libyans to continue the fight and not surrender.
“We are not cowards,” he said in an audio message broadcast on Syrian-based Rai TV a day after two of Gadhafi’s sons gave...
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Sharing Media with Media Server
There have been several instances in my life where a lot of my friends wanted to watch movies or listen to some songs or just browse some photos and that started the hunt for the pendrive or a portable hard drive with enough free space to transfer the content on copy on self’s laptop...
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For unified communications, a future unclouded
The IT industry is prone to get enthusiastic about emerging technologies. In many cases, this has the positive effect of driving support for technologies that go on to make a tangible difference to business performance or, in some cases, people’s lives.
But by the same token, this enthusiasm sometimes has the unintended consequence of...
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WikiLeaks Leaves Names of Diplomatic Sources in Cables
In a shift of tactics that has alarmed American officials, the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks has published on the Web nearly 134,000 leaked diplomatic cables in recent days, more than six times the total disclosed publicly since the posting of the leaked State Department documents began last November.
A sampling of the documents showed that...
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