Repairing a dead Apple Airport Express
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Last summer I got an AirPort Express from one I know in the states. It turned out that it was completely dead when you plug it in the wall. The first thing that hit my head was that the Power…
A much needed update
Hi, fellow readers I’m finally done with exams for the second year of my Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering =) Yes, it’s been a LONG time since I have written anything here. It’s not been because I’ve been lazy, rather…
Finishing a 3D-printed part: ABS smoothing and coloring without chemicals
When printing with a FDM printer, such as our Solidoodle, the surface becomes kind of “liny”. We use this priniting technology to create different system parts, where surface appearance is not of importance. But what to do if you want a smooth…
Creating a 3D printed spare part
Printing out already created models downloaded from sites like Thingiverse is great, but what to do you do when you cannot find the part you need/want there? In my case I needed a new shower handle holder. Because of a leak in…
Impressions from a couple of months with the new Solidoodle 3D printer
After a long time waiting we finally received a Solidoodle 3 3D printer for a couple of months ago. After countless hours research on the web we knew a lot about its capabilities and limits, so we felt ready for…
Hydroponic Gardening, Part 5: Lighting
The plants need some form of artificial lightning to thrive in Norway in the winter.After consulting Windowfarms.org, we decided to try with some 8W E27 socket led bulbs. The light output measured in lumens is about the same on a 10…
Hydroponic Gardening, Part 4: Plants and Nutrition
After the mechanical system was created, it was time to introduce living organisms =) Nutritients A hydroponic nutritient solution containing all the elements that the plant normally would get from the soil is of essence in such a system. I…
Hydroponic Gardening, Part 3: Water Lift System
I want to drip a nutrient solution onto the top plant. And to accomplish that I’m going to use an air lift. Water in the pipe is displaced with air, making the total weight within the pipe less than the…
Hydroponic Gardening, Part 2: The Pots
Suspension A typical Windowfarming system is driven by water raised to the top by an air lift system. Thereafter, by the help of gravity, flows the nutrient solution down through the pots, and ends up in the reservoir again. I…
Automated beer brewing – part 2
After a period of planning, reading numerous forum posts about brewing and scouring the websites of a range of chinese valve manufacturers, we have finally started the building process. We settled on a design using a frame made out of…
Hydroponic Gardening, Part 1: An Overview
What is Hydroponics? Hydroponic gardening, also called hydro-farming, is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil [Wiki]. A subset of hydrofarming is named Windowfarming. This naming comes from the movement Windowfarms, lead by Britta Riley. They offer…
Drawing Machine Time Lapse from Technoport Access Water
Technoport arranged some quizes in conjunction with the “Access Water” event. The drawing machine, now named “Liny” draw images to the winners. We had also arranged a poll to give the machine a name. The machine is now named Liny =) The…
Preparing the Drawing Machine to Technoport Access Water
We are now preparing to have our Drawing Machine exhibited on Technoport Talks: Access Water conference that will find place in NTNU Realfagsbygget tomorrow (26.sept 2012). The Drawing Machine will stand outside of R8 from 08:30 to approx 13.00. If you are nearby you could catch…
Automated beer brewing – part 1
First of all, hi! During the coming months, my self and Bernt-Johan will be joining Ragnar and Gunnar at Norwegian Creations. Here we will try to share some of the projects we are working on between studying, and running our…
Building a Tea Dipping Machine
Are Halvorsen and I decided to build a machine to prove the ease of making tea compared to coffee. How complex the Coffe Machine problem is can be watched here: Coffe Machine at Omega Verksted
