What is a Robot? Simply put, it’s a machine that makes life easier. A more technical definition would be: A programmed machine, which accomplishes a task/tasks using sensory information from the external environment & takes decisions based on that information. ‘Unimate’, built in 1961, was the first fully autonomous
Read moreInternet Of Things with Raspberry Pi – 1
When I was new to IOT (Internet Of Things), I saw that there were hardly any tutorials which were simple enough for a beginner to understand and try out. There was either to much technical jargon, or the hardware was too complex. So now that I’ve played around with IOT a bit, I decided to make a
Read moreUniversal Nintendo Charger
Some of my family friends had come over from the USA, and had brought their Nintendo DS along with them. Unfortunately the Nintendo’s charger was manufactured as per North American standards. i.e. 120 volts & 60 Hz Indian wall sockets have a rating of 230 volts and 50 Hz. Hence, the charger
Read moreSummer Internship 2015 – Inventrom
Once again, this summer, I interned for a month at Inventrom Robotics, an electronic technology start-up based in Goa with primary focus on Robotics and Wireless devices. I joined at a time when their IOT (Internet Of Things) product ‘Netplug‘ was in the R&D phase. Netplug is a single unit which can
Read moreBT Smart Alarm
Sometimes you’re plain old alarm clock just isn’t good enough. You need a drastic change in the external environment to shake you out of your deep slumber. And this is just what the Bluetooth Smart Alarm does best! The project consists of 3 modules and an Android application (made using MIT
Read moreQuark 2015 – Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Goa, Vasco
Quark 2015! This is one of India’s largest tech fest, which took place recently at the BITS Pilani, Goa campus in Vasco. The festival was from 6th to 8th of February and had some great minds from across the world attending it. I was there too. Participating in Line Following, Robot
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