Technology Blog

Hair Compressor - built for matteroftrust.org

06-15-2010
This machine was built to help matteroftrust.org help stuff hair booms to clean up the gulf oil disaster.
Watch it in action! Read More

Custom Web Services with XStream

04-28-2010
On a previous project, I had to create a generic web service interface that could return data in 3 formats: JSON, XML, and Java beans. This post will show a general overview of how I used XStream to accomplish this. Read More

X10 control with an Arduino

10-18-2009

X10 is a communications protocol that uses your home’s wiring to send and receive commands to and from specially designed hardware to control things like lights, fans, garage doors, whole home audio systems and more. This blog will go into some detail about controlling an X10 system with an Arduino compatible board.

Honda Accord converted to run on trash

10-13-2009
I stumbled upon an instructable today that showed a couple of guys that figured out how to get their Accord to run on wood chips. Read More