By McCoy

Grey Skies and Studio Delays

Grey skies, delays with my new studio/lab space and other crappyness, makes me one unhappy bunny. With packs of Polaroid, new cameras, models pestering to shoot, ideas pouring out and lots of new designs by Ms R. to shoot, I'm getting a little stir crazy. On top

Wireless Sensor Networks and Safety

Not quite the sexiest of topics, but an interesting one nonetheless. My work finds me at current designing and architecting conventional albeit highly reliable and fail-safe (literal failure of anything results in electrical and physical isolation/safety states) cabled systems. A combination of both electrical and pneumatic actuation, coupled with

New Month, New Style

Well, it's March already, and so to make up for a distinct lack of chat, a new styling will make do. Both "Shot by" and "Made by" receive the new design, with newcomer "Loved by McCoy" to follow with a lighter version

Freetronics Friday

The highlight of this week, was looking to be the second cup of green tea I was made yesterday. I'm looking forward to 1st January rather than Christmas, and even beyond to mid-January for the swift completion of the project I'm involved in (double-edged sword there)

Armatron

Vintage and robotic? Two birds, one stone. First project on MBM (we're into acronym territory already), will be the conversion of a beautiful vintage Tandy Armatron, with an Arduino Uno and perhaps a few new servos. My intention is to leave as much of the robot intact, and

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