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Life at Cornell

I figured I’d provide an update on my activities for the 3 people who may actually be interested :) So I’ve been at Cornell Engineering for about a month now, and everything is going pretty well.  I’m taking calculus, chemistry, intro to mechanical engineering, and a writing seminar course.  I’ve[…]

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Submission to Parallax Propeller Design Contest

We have successfully submitted the information for our DeepNote Guitar Hero Bot to the Parallax Propeller (the microcontroller we used) Design Contest.  The contest judges entrants on the following criterion: 30% Propeller Design Appropriateness Determined on applicant’s ability to use the Propeller’s unique architecture to achieve a working design. An entry[…]

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Suggestions for Windows 7

I’ve used a whole lot of operating systems, but for many years, Windows has been my primary mode of computing.  I now use Vista on 3 machines and Ubuntu Linux on a 4th (with it also dual-booting on one of my Vista machines).  I’ve had a lot of experience with[…]

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DeepNote Walkthrough video

I’m excited to announce the release of the DeepNote Walkthrough video. It is a full, detailed explanation of how the bot works. It will be submitted along with our contest entry to parallax to compete in the upcoming propeller design challenge.

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Building my new Computer

I built my new computer this week!  It’s quite nice–a quad core processor, GTX260 video card, 750i motherboard, 800W PSU, etc…  I got a few nice videos out of it as well: A tutorial on applying thermal paste, a review of the case, and a review of the PSU.  I’m[…]

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Deep Note Takes on Aerosmith

Since Guitar Hero Aerosmith came out, we figured we’d give our bot a crack at it. It managed to play it as well as, if not better than the PC version of Guitar Hero 3, without any modifications at all. That goes to show how easily it can adapt. Here’s[…]

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