Author Archives: mahto

Photos from the GA/GI Festival

Posted on April 3, 2010 by mahto

Full set here.

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RSS Invaders: A novel approach to managing information overload in syndicated feed readers

Posted on April 2, 2010 by mahto

At SIGBOVIK, the annual conference held in honor of Harry Q. Bovik, I presented the latest research by myself and my esteemed colleague Marty McGuire in the area of optimizing the way in which we consume content. The result, as … Continue reading →

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Making motors at the Children’s Museum

Posted on April 1, 2010 by mahto

Today at the Children’s Museum, I worked with Paul to prototype a workshop activity that I will be running there with Hack Pittsburgh in the near future. After a few failed attempts while we worked out the right combination of … Continue reading →

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Berlin, Dezember 2002

Posted on March 29, 2010 by mahto

From left to right, it’s me, Thommy, Alex, Kristijan. (thanks Thommy!).

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Happy Birthday, HackPittsburgh!

Posted on March 28, 2010 by mahto

Our hackerspace, Hack Pittsburgh, just turned a year old. To celebrate, we had cake, and made ice cream using liquid nitrogen. Photo set here.

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Wireframe cat contemplates mouse

Posted on March 25, 2010 by mahto

My foray into the the art of wire bending. Slice & stack method was perhaps not the best approach to forming a coherent structure. Lea faired better.

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Marty Unboxes the Make: Electronics Components Pack 1

Posted on March 22, 2010 by mahto

Marty unboxes the Make: Electronics Components Pack 1: Like many enthusiastic makers, I recently got my hands on a copy of the excellent Make: Electronics book from O’Reilly. It’s an excellent bottom-up, experiment-based introduction to electronics, but sourcing all of … Continue reading →

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