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I just wanted to let everyone know that the WiMo site will be moving hosting servers. So, if the site goes offline every now or the download link doesn’t work, that may be the reason. While I’m saying hello, WiMo continues to sleep in my garage...
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The download section for the code and binaries should be working again. Looks like the server was being filled up by spam in the comments, so I have disabled the comments on the blog for now. If you have any problems getting to the source...
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I just got word that for one week only OOPics are on sale for $49... this is fairly decent as the OOPic-R's are usually about $80... I think/hope that this comes with the new firmware as well which has a few new objects to play with. Just thought that...
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I know I haven't posted too much lately, but I'm still here and am enjoying the emails that I get from people who are still playing around with WiMo and building variants. I have some photos of one to post and will do that when I get a chance. I'm also...
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Yesterday, Lego celebrated its 50th Anniversary and C|Net published an article with some cool photos of Lego past and present. It was neat to see a photo of WiMo in the article. Happy anniversary Lego! More soon! -- Brian...
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So, it looks like WiMo has a sibling out there, or at least a distant cousin. Olivier Bloch , an Embedded Developer that I met at MEDC, decided to show another way on how easy it is to use your Windows Mobile device to remotely control a robot. Similar...
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I'm back to working on WiMo after a longer than expected break (Summer, my day job, and other random stuff that came up). I still owe you all the WiMonet How-To and I'm long over do for a code update. I hope to have some new stuff posted soon. I even...
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The WiMoBot web site had a few problems the last couple of weeks, especially with the blog and downloads sections. They seem to be fixed now. Let me know if you ever hit a part of the site that blows up. As for a WiMo update, I think I owe everyone one...
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It's been long enough. It is time to work on WiMo again. That's one of the nice things of a hobby, you can pick it up and put it down. But unlike some of my hobbies, I've picked WiMo back up :). For MEDC I built 2 WiMonets (always nice to have a backup)....
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Just a little update to tell you where I'm at with the posting of the new code and the instructions on how to build WiMonet. I will still be posting these, but it may be a little longer than I first expected. Time has been real short lately and a small...
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It's been a week since MEDC, and I thought I'd give you all a little update on WiMonet. WiMonet worked pretty well at MEDC, but there are some parts that I'd like to improve. I'd like the turning angles to be more precise. Most of the time, when WiMonet...
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I just finished up day 3 here at MEDC in Las Vegas. It's been a lot of fun being a "street performer" here. I've been going around the show floor setting up the whiteboard and getting WiMonet to draw whatever drawing I drew on my T-Mobile Dash. WiMo,...
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Day #1 of MEDC is almost over and WiMonet is holding up pretty well... I've been out and about the conference setting up WiMonet's canvas (aka whiteboard) so that he can show off his new artistic skills. Today's demo consisted of a small drawing application...
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WiMo is coming a long way since his first drawing last week. Check out the very first square that WiMo drew. Yes, there were many attempts before this one, but this is the first one that looks more or less like a square :). MEDC 2007 is just around the...
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No, WiMo hasn't been sent to reduce spam (yet)... but I am. I had left anonymous comments enabled, hoping I wouldn't get hit hard by the spam bots, but that was foolish thinking :). So, if you'd like to make a comment, you'll have to create an account....
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I'd like to introduce the newest addition to the WiMo family, WiMonet (prounounced Wee-Monay). WiMonet is a 2 wheeled robot that has the ability to draw on a whiteboard using a dry-erase marker. WiMonet will make his debut at MEDC 2007 , so come on by...
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So, I am wondering... Where do you go for your robot parts? Sensors, electronics, tools, etc. Every now and then I find a new place to shop on the net for parts and so I'm guessing there are quite a few. For the original WiMo i used Jameco/Robotstore,...
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I am working on some new WiMo creations for MEDC this year. Lots of fun stuff, and so far (knock on wood) everything seems to be playing nicely for the most part. I'm playing with wheel encoders, a digital compass, and some more servos. I may even throw...
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The new blog and community site, WiMo's Garage, is up and running. I still have a bunch of customizations to do, but I am glad to have most of it up and functional at this point. Mostly, I'm excited to have a better blogging solution now which will allow...
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I’m almost done setting up a real blog for this site. It will be a lot easier for me to keep everyone up-to-date as well as a way to get a 2-way conversation going. I’d love to hear about everyone’s projects and talk about WiMo. Hopefully will have it...
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Another WiMo is born. Take a look at Kevin Wolf’s WiMo that he built out of a toy tractor bought at Target. He calls it "NiVek J.D.". I have no clue what that means, but this thing is pretty sweet. I knew it was just a matter of time before people started...
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In the next 2.5 months, WiMo will be going on a short little tour of the west coast. Three stops spread out between now and the end of May. Today, I am in Tempe, Arizona at the Microsoft Academic Days on Windows and Embedded Computing at Arizona State...
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Wimo’s schedule just got a little busier. I just received the news that Wimo has been accepted to Maker Faire . If you haven’t heard about Maker Faire, or Make magazine especially, you should go take a look at the link. Make is a great magazine that has...
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It’s been a busy 2 weeks as far as Wimo is concerned. First thing you may notice are some changes in the wimobot.com website. I’m working to make the page look a little nicer, as well as make it easier for me to get information out there for everyone...
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It’s posted! I held off from doing some of the cool things I wanted to do so that I could get the update finally up on the website. Please go check it out in the source code section of the site. Please let me know if you have any problems building or...
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