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Coding. DIY. The Maker Movement. Prototyping. 3D Printing. Doing electronics workshops with kids. Loves Scuba Diving (with no sharks around!)

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github.com 11y ago

A purely symbolic gesture [Scheme]

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

Designing Sensing Scenarios armed with a Raspberyy Pi

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

How’s the weather? TMP102 + Raspberry Pi + plain old C/C++

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bobirakova.tumblr.com 13y ago

Some personal Yaiks on the acceleration application process for a young company

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

Writing the uber crazy make file to support both Raspberry and OLinuXino

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olimex.wordpress.com 13y ago

Open Source Technology based micro satellite fly in Space for almost year

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

Debugging on embedded using opensource tools #RaspberryPi #OLinuXino

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web.mit.edu 13y ago

Guaranteed delivery — in ad hoc networks - a new & faster algorithm

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

Cross compiling C/C++ applications for embedded using opensource tools(GCC)

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

The ULTIMATE tutorial: Setting up the WiFi when using the OLinuXino Micro

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www.youtube.com 13y ago

Ingress trailer - the new Google Virtual Reality game will make us Move...

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bobirakova.tumblr.com 13y ago

Is it that kids have ADD or is our world too freakin slow for them to appreciate

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punchcut.com 13y ago

On disruptive tech: Kickstarter is the biggest disruptor of our time. Om Malik

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github.com 13y ago

How do you get rid of the delays in Zigbee communication with XBees?

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www.agilart.com 13y ago

Doing a DIY wireless Zigbee Network with 2 XBees and an Arduino Nano in no time

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bostinno.com 13y ago

The MIT Media Lab Opens Their Doors To Hackers Hoping to Help Victims of Sandy

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news.discovery.com 13y ago

Explaining Relativity with a Game at MIT Game Lab

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www.nytimes.com 13y ago

Bulgarian Company Homes In on Technological Niche

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github.com 13y ago

Show HN: DIY HTML-based prototyping for microcontrollers open source project

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bobirakova.tumblr.com 13y ago

Doing LEGO & Electronics workshops with kids

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news.ycombinator.com 13y ago

DIY HTML-based prototyping for microcontrollers open source project

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agilart.com 13y ago

Internet of things + the Github Challenge and Fractals

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www.spikelab.org 13y ago

AdventurersLab, part 1: 5 lessons on team building by Spike Morelli

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arstechnica.com 13y ago

California's first 3D printer retail store to sell $600 model

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hackidemia.com 13y ago

Teaching Electronics to kids - programming LED displays at the Open World Forum

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agilart.com 13y ago

How an 'Open Innovation Workshop' can do good for your idea

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agilart.com 13y ago

How COSM(pachube) makes things smarter by talking to the Internet

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arstechnica.com 13y ago

DIY lab equipment, courtesy of 3D printing

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www.fastcompany.com 13y ago

An Intimate Tale Of Jetting To Brazil In Search Of Love, Life, And A Startup Hit

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news.ycombinator.com 13y ago

Would you go?

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There have been thausands of things done with microcontrollers, Do It Yourself stuff, the Internet of things movement... Still a few months ago when I wanted to do some custom set up for the heating system at home I ended up with buying 3 controllers and spending so much money.

Then I decided to do it on my own and spent more than 2 months in learning low level programming, trying stuff, even with digging into programming for RTOS. So I thought that there should definitely be a simpler way to start defining simple dependencies between devices. Here's the result - Agilart.

What do you think? Would it be useful for you? http://github.com/Agilart/Agilart-Run-Time/blob/master/READM...

Would you go? 14 years ago

Thanks for sharing Andrew! I like one of Steve Job's quotes about this: 'Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose'. I also agree with you that what we have now are the only things that we might lose when something changes... so I'm glad that my family is ok, as far as the money side - I'm also a middle class person in a country that is known not to pay much to it's people, so I'm glad that I can try my luck somewhere else and I hope it works out for the best!

Would you go? 14 years ago

Thanks!!! I think I'm the only guy driving the project and I feel that it's going nowhere with just be giving the most of myself to make it happen... so I agree with you that may be this is not my problem but my boss's problem!

Would you go? 14 years ago

Yes, I totally agree!! Especially with the last quote. It's just that my boss is also trying to make me believe that it's stupid to go and it won't work... but I won't let him change my mind. However when he asked me why do you want to go, I said: - Cause I like the idea, I want to try and I'm sure I'll learn a lot on the way. How can this not be enough?

Would you go? 14 years ago

I know... it's about PIPA, they are trying to do an environment similar to Ycombinator in Brazil

Would you go? 14 years ago

OK, I suppose there's no harm in sharing... and thanks for the response, so

Rio De Janeiro, 22, the $2000 that I have to pay off to my current company, the contingency plan would be just to find another job in IT...

so I'm pretty sure I should go, I just don't know why I feel so bad about leaving my current company and my project but I know that I may never have another chance like this.

I have a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino and even a Netduino and I've done a lot of stuff with them but still nothing that useful when it comes to real Home Automation. For example I'd love to open up the garage door from my phone, switch on the heating from work and so on... but I wonder what should I start from in order to get this running at home and should I go for it on my own in a DIY way or just go and see if I can buy something that is already in the market? I really don't wont to spend my nights in compiling low level C/C++ for arm microcontrollers... You've been working on your Arduino system for an year... why do you think it takes so much time? What does it do?