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DALL-E Initial Impression
The super cool artificial text to image generator that took over the internet has just been open to the general public on September 28. I am here to start using it for the first time and blog about my general first impression of it. First we go to the post by DALL-E and see how…
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Making the Humanoid Robot Part 2
A lot has happened since part 1 of this project. A few months have gone by quickly. I made a lot of progress making the robot. During my time away from society, constructing a humanoid companion seems kind of fitting. The project is taking a lot longer than I expected, but it is moving along…
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Giving Back $2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus
Today is not my typical post or anything related to my blog, but I wanted to share my thoughts and what I am doing to help. I just received the stimulus money today. It feels good to receive money out of nowhere. However, I am lucky to be working during this historic time.Currently there is…
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Making a Humanoid Robot Part 1
Back Story Hello, After the long holiday session I am finally back on track to start my next project. I think it’s about time I try tackling humanoid robot making. I been bouncing ideas with my kid. He originally wanted a robot dog which can play, talk, and clean up his toys. After a few…
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Talking Thirsty Plant
Do you or someone you know always water the plant after it starts to look very sad? Well this next project I am working on will give the plants an opportunity to speak up before it happens. Thinking through the idea I want the plant to be able to say something to potential residents to…
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OpenCV 4.1 Contrib Lib on Jetson Nano Quick Start Guide with Facial Recognition
This is a quick guide to get you started on the Nano as quickly as possible. Roughly a few hours in total. The guide will highlight major steps only and is intended for the intermediate users who just want the steps and links. Video https://youtu.be/PttoKt6TMDk GOAL: Running facial recognition in OpenCV 4.1 with Contrib lib…
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