ePDA : The world’s first bluetooth, Unix, ARM based PDA

June 28, 2008

I would like to share some of the rare pictures of ePDA. A brave project started by MediaSolv in 1999. It was ahead of its time, just like many other projects MediaSolv tried hard to commercialize. Read more

Robot hand PC interface

June 24, 2008

Robot HandI guess my love for robots started when I was in eighth grade or so. It must be the tele-series ‘Battle Star Galactica‘ and continues visits to my school library’s, ’science - reference only’ section. The various colorful sci-fi dreams kept my head full. I had sketches of weird machines all over my textbooks! The first useful ‘gadget’ must have been a ‘water powered dish washer’. The idea was never realized, unfortunately. And then I designed my first character ROM using mechanical parts. After discovering digital electronics, I started laughing at my old ideas! Jeez what a waste of brainpower. Read more

LED animation

June 20, 2008

It is right to say that I’m obsessed with LEDs. I simply love them; red, green, amber, yellow, now even blue and white!. I remember somewhere around 1985, when I first saw someone building a LED blinker (transistor based astable multi vibrator; for the tech savvy crowd), I was really fascinated. At that time, only red and green LEDs were available in the market, and were pretty expensive for a schooling kid like me. I guess LEDs attracted my attention towards electronics. Read more