Blog Feed: Lucky Larry: Arduino, mainly Arduino projects, tutorials… and a few other things

Creating a simple Flash app with Kinect

Published on 2012-02-12 14:36:46

First of all read up on how to set the Kinect up on your computer, I’m using Windows XP here. Getting the Kinect setup on your PC: OpenNI / Primesense... Related posts:Interfacing Kinect with Flash & AS3 Getting the Kinect setup on your PC: OpenNI / Primesense Flash & AS3 Dynamic hit tests > read more

Flash & AS3 Dynamic hit tests

Published on 2012-02-12 11:50:14

I stumbled on to a problem that took me a while to find a simple answer so I thought I’d write it up here. Basically, let’s assume you have 10... Related posts:Interfacing Kinect with Flash & AS3 Creating a simple Flash app with Kinect > read more

Interfacing Kinect with Flash & AS3

Published on 2012-02-11 13:10:37

A very quick guide on how to hook up the Kinect with the AS3Kinect project, you can find all the relevant information on the different wrappers for AS3Kinect at: http://www.as3kinect.org/download/.... Related posts:Creating a simple Flash app with Kinect Getting the Kinect setup on your PC: OpenNI / Primesense Flash & AS3 Dynamic hit tests > read more

Introducing the Harley Davidson Toilet Seat

Published on 2012-01-02 13:41:32

Are you a Harley Davidson owner bored with your toilet seat? You’ve got every other piece of Harley branded merchandise but to really show off that you own a Harley... No related posts. > read more

Getting the Kinect setup on your PC: OpenNI / Primesense

Published on 2011-11-17 17:21:20

Here’s the full details and process on getting your Kinect running on your PC using the OpenNI and Primesense drivers, yes this may be a little old news for some,... Related posts:Interfacing Kinect with Flash & AS3 Creating a simple Flash app with Kinect > read more

Arduino : Convert Decimal to Binary

Published on 2011-10-30 05:44:11

When programming Arduino you’ll eventually at some point want to get to converting decimals to binary or the other way around. In most cases it’s normally because you want to... Related posts:Control a DC motor with Arduino and L293D chip Arduino + Processing – 3D Sensor Data Visualisation Arduino – Using a Sharp IR Sensor for Distance Calculation > read more

Why I wouldn’t go to Peru with The Adventurists

Published on 2011-10-13 10:56:06

I should add that the below is my opinion, feel free to skip to the end to see various links and comments that give more information for you to make... No related posts. > read more

Playing with Peltier Elements

Published on 2011-09-04 14:23:54

Something I’ve been continuously dabbling in is producing electricity. I figure that it’s not enough just to use it and I should look at ways in which I can produce... No related posts. > read more

Forums are live…

Published on 2011-04-12 05:45:59

Just as a trial, I’ve decided to add a forum to this site so that rather than wait on me to reply to comments etc… you can ask questions in there and hopefully anyone else will be able to answer them if I’m unable to..... No related > read more

Google tweaks algorithm to lower value on spam sites

Published on 2011-02-10 10:06:32

Looks like things have shifted again for anyone who follows natural/ organic search trends and I’ve been meaning to share some of the things I’ve seen in the search engines – I’ve even included some base stats but I won’t give exact figures > read more

Shakeable Dynamo Part 4: Building the bridge rectifier

Published on 2010-09-12 07:12:59

Shakeable Dynamo Part 1: Why bother? Shakeable Dynamo Part 2: Building the initial dynamo Shakeable Dynamo Part 3: How electromagnetic induction works Lets start off by securing our coils on our alternator by removing the cardboard guides and then ge > read more

Shakeable Dynamo Part 3: How electromagnetic induction works

Published on 2010-09-12 07:12:47

Shakeable Dynamo Part 1: Why bother? Shakeable Dynamo Part 2: Building the initial dynamo Right, so we’ve built the initial alternator/ dynamo and it works, not amazingly, but it works and we need to make this is a little bit more robust and pr > read more

Shakeable Dynamo Part 2: Building the initial dynamo

Published on 2010-09-12 07:12:40

Shakeable Dynamo Part 1: Why bother? Firstly, there is no such thing as ‘free energy‘ you have to always put something in to get something out. I call this free energy because it comes from your own movements rather than having to pay cas > read more

Shakeable Dynamo Part 1: Why bother?

Published on 2010-09-12 07:12:30

First of all I have to start by condemning Brother Industries for what ultimately motivated me to build this basic prototype, allow me to explain and I apologise for the rant, the good stuff follows… I read an article on the BBC news website (V > read more

Arduino Robot Arm – LarryArm v0.1

Published on 2010-07-14 17:00:03

I have constructed a basic Arduino robot arm using 3 servos that cost me £15 in total plus a couple of hours in time to build and it’s very simple that I think anyone can replicate and build this. I already had the Arduino Duemilanove... Relat > read more

11 Arduino Blogs for July

Published on 2010-07-12 07:13:42

In a bid to help other Arduino users find some inspiration and help I’ve written a brief round-up of the latest blogs I’ve seen/ read from the Arduino Forums feel free to send me links to your blogs for my next post. In no particular... N > read more

Arduino – Redefining the TV Remote

Published on 2010-06-13 14:33:03

We use them every day, but has no one got bored of pressing buttons on a stick, it’s far too much effort pressing buttons! Surely there are better ways to control a device? After doing some work with my Nikon camera using IR to control... Relat > read more

Arduino Weblinks & Projects

Published on 2010-06-03 17:07:58

A collection of useful links/ index for primarily Arduino projects both my own and of other peoples, you’ll also find a list of other Arduino related sites. If you would like to add a link to your project or site then please let me know... No r > read more

Oracle: Delete all rows from all tables etc…

Published on 2010-04-13 04:26:01

Quick method to do multiple actions across multiple tables. Simply spool a script with your commands in for each table – this way you can avoid dropping your tables or user and still keep all your schema structure. So for instance to delete all > read more

Oracle: Update From equivalent

Published on 2010-03-22 10:14:59

Quick note on how to update data in a series of joined tables using a subquery in the UPDATE statement in Oracle, kind of like the UPDATE FROM in SqlServer. First of all check out the above diagram, I’ve stolen it from this link: http://downloa > read more