Andy's Blog

A handful of ramblings...

Seems I am always working on something - home improvement, home automation, personal growth, etc. This area is a listing of active and completed projects that I am blogging about. 

My goal for this is share my experiences so that if someone else is interesting in doing something similar, they may be able to benefit from what I've learned. Most...

Seems I am always working on something - home improvement, home automation, personal growth, etc. This area is a listing of active and completed projects that I am blogging about. 

My goal for this is share my experiences so that if someone else is interesting in doing something similar, they may be able to benefit from what I've learned. Most of these articles will be just that, something I learned through trial and error or a tidbit that may make someone else's search a little easier.

I hope this is useful to you as a visitor. If you have any questions about any of the projects I am working on or finished, please Contact Me.

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Robotic Arm Project

Robotic Arm Project

A few months ago a fellow member of MTRAS posted on our Facebook page a link to a robotic arm project. The article poster / builder used a design that was previously posted as open source to Thingiverse.com. I took a look and thought that it would make a fun project that would be simple enough to follow but also challenging enough to be rewarding. So I decided to give it a shot.

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New Project - Voice Controlled Home

Mr. IncredibleJay Napier is Mr. IncredibleIt is so easy to take everything for granted. Let's take for example, turning on the TV. Next to none of us give this simple task a second thought. I have had days when I came home from work so distracted that, after a few minutes of scurrying around the house, wondered if it was actually me that turned on the TV.

When you enter a room, do you make much of a mental exercise out of turning on the light? I don't. It is like breathing, I just do it. What about turning on a fan or changing the thermostat if you're too hot or cold. All of this is pretty simple stuff and most of us don't give it a second thought - that is, until you can't do it anymore.

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