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All in One display prototype v1.0

· Hardware

Intel Atom based NUC, USB WiFi, Chinese (what looks like LG) 15" LCD panel + controller, 2 power adapters (LCD panel + NUC – different voltage & AMP). Frame made in wood.

LCD panel:

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Made inhouse by my dad. ;)

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Pictures while making the frame:

My very first Apple product

· Apple

Going through old stuff in the cellar, I found the packaging of my very first Apple product, an iPod (2nd gen) 40Gb. Bought it at the Fnac (Brussels) during Christmas period a good 11ish years ago.

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Alas, its battery died after 3-4 years (lasting only about 10-20 minutes)… :(

I still have that iPod, but it hasn’t been used. I’ve tried using it as a portable external disk, but that didn’t really work.

T-EBBR55 antenna (@Flightradar24)

· Hardware, Linux, Networking

Flightradar24 (T-EBBR55) antenna being installed right next to BRU airport.

2015-01-28

Due to interference (GSM? WiFi (very very unlikely)? High voltage power lines?) we moved it to the side, as seen below.

While it is blind from half a side, it can see all the way up to London and beyond.

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This is the result:

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FlatTurtle in elevators: making of

· Hardware

First tests at Glaverbel (circle or “O” shaped building) in Watermael-Boisfort with 12 lifts (about a year ago). Internet wiring makes a whole circle from the internet connection at the technical room (near entrance hall). In this design from the 1960s the lift machine rooms had one shared/common room where we installed switches (to avoid having to pull too much cable and to overcome cable length issues). High quality shielded cable was used to avoid signal loss over the distances we did.