Lucky Larry

Introducing the Harley Davidson Toilet Seat

larry — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:41:32 +0000

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 you need the Harley Davidson toilet seat. Sadly, in their infinite wisdom of branding just about everything that they can, Harley have overlooked the humble … Continue reading → No related posts.

Getting the Kinect setup on your PC: OpenNI / Primesense

larry — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:21:20 +0000

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, but my guide here will actually get your Kinect running pretty much first time rather than leave you to guess and try to follow the … Continue reading → No related posts.

Arduino : Convert Decimal to Binary

larry — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:44:11 +0000

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 read a value and set a number of pins on the board or use a shift register etc… to control multiple pins e.g. a PWM … Continue reading → Related posts:

Why I wouldn’t go to Peru with The Adventurists

larry — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:56:06 +0000

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 your own mind up. So my friends and I saw an opportunity to drive something that can only be classed as one of the most … Continue reading → No related posts.

Playing with Peltier Elements

larry — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:23:54 +0000

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 and scavenge it to understand it better. This is a simple exercise in which we look at Peltier elements and the Seebeck effect. By running … Continue reading → No related posts.

Google tweaks algorithm to lower value on spam sites

larry — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:06:32 +0000

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. From all the information I can look at, it would seem that … Continue reading → No related posts.

Shakeable Dynamo Part 4: Building the bridge rectifier

larry — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:12:59 +0000

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 getting some clingfilm and wrapping a piece around your coils and then wrap a bit of … Continue reading → No related posts.

Shakeable Dynamo Part 3: How electromagnetic induction works

larry — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:12:47 +0000

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 protect all those lovely windings as well, at the same time we … Continue reading → No related posts.

Shakeable Dynamo Part 2: Building the initial dynamo

larry — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:12:40 +0000

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 cash for a battery or the juice to charge it, I guess … Continue reading → No related posts.

Shakeable Dynamo Part 1: Why bother?

larry — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:12:30 +0000

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 (Vibration packs aim to replace batteries for gadgets) about a new … Continue reading → No related posts.