openwireless.ch in Brunnen

I heard of mesh networks before,  be it from the OneLaptopPerChild or the German Freifunker community. But the recent episode of ChaosRadio about the MeshPotato got me interested enough to give it a try. The meshing community here in Switzerland is organized at openwireless.ch. Sure, I could buy a compatible router and install the provided… Continue reading openwireless.ch in Brunnen

v2.0 released (it’s a boy)

Last saturday February12th, five minutes before the deadline (midnight) we received our second son Noah Lauro. Everything went well, and meanwhile the whole family is home again.

Arduino code to interface the MS5607B Intersema barometric pressure sensor through i2c

It was not quite as easy as I anticipated to interface the MS5607B sensors that I had sitting around for quite some time now. Sure, wiring them up is a lot easier. Although I still don’t like soldering SMD. In the end, it worked out, and the code can be downloaded with the links below.… Continue reading Arduino code to interface the MS5607B Intersema barometric pressure sensor through i2c

Google Body Browser

I knew google can read my mind. For some time now I was looking for something like GoogleEarth for human anatomy. I even thought about asking Google to make something like that. Now I learned they did just that. They even did it as a showcase for WebGL which is part of the upcoming HTML5… Continue reading Google Body Browser