Comments for Chris Gilmer Project Blog

Comment on MAMP and Django by Finn

Finn — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:45:47 +0000

Thanks for gathering the info about MAMP server and mod_wsgi via macports. However, I am wondering how you progress? I finally rolled back the installed MAMP and mod_wsgi to use the installed versions in Snow Leopard. Following a .

Comment on Driving ATHLETE by Anna Chorpenning

Anna Chorpenning — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:31:15 +0000

Wow, Dude. You are destined for great things!!!

Comment on Driving ATHLETE by Pete

Pete — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:51:51 +0000

That’s fantastic. What a great story of an elegantly simple approach making complex systems work better faster and cheaper – the incredibly rare engineering triple play! Chris is too modest to point out that his approach with commercial off the shelf equipment worth a few hundred dollars replaced the previous heavy, awkward, and obsolete remote control system with a siimple, 5-ounce, intuitive device. We’ve all seen a huge variety of uses for the thankfully open Wii-mote platforms; but what a powerfully cost-effective approach to go from controlling a disarmingly simple household gadget like the Roomba to controlling a multi-million dollar next-generation reconfigurable robot (can you say, “Transformer?”) like ATHLETE, which WILL perform construction tasks on the moon (and beyond, as Buzz Lightyear would point out!).

Comment on Computer controlled Garduino by admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:38:12 +0000

That’s a great idea Jon! I hadn’t actually thought of that. I’ve seen them used on other projects and I don’t think they’re that expensive. If I decide to do it I’ll definitely post about it. Thanks!

Comment on Computer controlled Garduino by Jon

Jon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:35:21 +0000

You could always use a real time clock with the Arduino so that the current time is remembered for 9-17 years. That way the project takes less power. If you have a lot of projects then it makes sense to have the PC always-on controlling many devices.