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  • Base One: Zero Echo

    Base One: Zero Echo

    Originating as a random post on an anonymous blog three years back, the first sketch of a character for ‘Base One’ originated as a high-school creative writing assignment, with a chapter that later turned into one of the centremost rivalries in the story. However, being quite fast-paced, it took a while for me to build…

  • Internet Of Things with Raspberry Pi – IoT Home Automation Irrigation System

    Internet Of Things with Raspberry Pi – IoT Home Automation Irrigation System

    One morning I didn’t remember to water the peace lilies outside my window. By evening they had keeled over and looked terribly dehydrated… to say the least. Since there happened to be an unconnected solenoid valve connected to the pipeline anyway, it was the perfect opportunity to throw in a little home automation to fix…

  • ACT Mark-1

    ACT Mark-1

    16.08.2020 – ACT Mk-1 delivers the first filter coffee! ACT Mk-1 finally delivers its first cup of filter coffee! And biscuits, yes, but when there’s filter coffee, who cares about the biscuits anyway? Music: ACT 1 Concludes – Raunak Hede (piano/keyboard instrumental) And here are the codes! As always, feel free to remix, reuse and…

  • Nautilus

    Nautilus

    After quite a few years, I finally managed to figure out how to put a Flysky FS-TH9X transmitter/receiver pair to good use, without putting it in the sky. Quick question: If a project doesn’t run on the ground, and doesn’t get off the ground, where do you put it? Answer: Underwater. That’s precisely what I…

  • An evening with The First Indian in Space: Wg. Cdr. Rakesh Sharma AC

    An evening with The First Indian in Space: Wg. Cdr. Rakesh Sharma AC

    At 0638 hours Indian Standard Time, thirty-five years and two days ago, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma AC (Retd.) blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, creating history as the first Indian citizen to reach space. At 1750 hours Indian Standard Time, today, at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) in Vasco,…

  • NICOLIS

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    *IBM Watson’s trial period gets over in 30 days, so NICOLIS is now partially deactivated. The instructions, however, remain largely the same for their new updated services too. You probably noticed the little purple icon in the bottom right corner of your screen, before opening this post. If you didn’t, now you know that it’s…