Spyno Agents appear in columns, like a newspaper. The number of columns you see depends on the width of your screen. Agents are drawn left to right until the edge of the screen. Then they continue on the left in the next row, like a typewriter. E.g., 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 5 […]
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Secret Spyno: How to add a new agent
Your Spyno Agents do all the work, so you don’t have to. Train agents for each website you want to gather information from. You tell each agent what information to grab, as well as how to present the information to you. Here’s how… Visit
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in Chrome’s address bar Agent example (options explained below):
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{ "name": "reddit", "schedule": { "periodInMinutes": 15 }, "url": "http://www.reddit.com/hot.json?limit=50", "extract": { "root": "$.data.children[*]", "fields": { "title": "$.data.title", "permalink": "$.data.permalink", "url": "$.data.url" }, "template": "<div><h3>reddit</h3></div>{{#each rows}}<div><a href=\"{{url}}\">{{title}}</a> <a href=\"http://reddit.com{{permalink}}\">»</a></div>{{/each}}" } } |
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Arduino Vader “Force Grip” remote car (a.k.a. smartphone virtual wheel)
The 3-wheel car is built with the Makeblock Robot Starter Kit. (Plus some Legos for style.) It has a Bluetooth module. It is controlled by the phone’s gyros via Bluetooth. You drive it like a steering wheel with two hands, or like Darth Vader with one hand. 1. Code for the smartphone below. I saved […]
Teaser: Makeblock Robot Starter Kit Cellbot + Sensors + shxtty Path Tracking
Well this was fun. Ingredients: Makeblock Bluetooth module To execute instructions from smartphone. LG Optimus Dynamic Strapped on robot for sensors. WiFi to talk with Mission Control. Bluetooth to control robot. Tornado server Runs on PC. Connects to phone via SL4A. Talks with web UI using websockets. Websockets To stream sensor data from phone to […]
How to fix SL4A webCamFacade exception
On some phones, if you try starting the webcam using SL4A, you will get the following exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: setParameters failed Yuck! Thankfully, the fix is simple. I found Paola Garcia‘s solution everywhere I looked on the internet. She was cheerfully answering everyone’s questions all over the place. She said she fixed the problem by changing […]
How to build a Makeblock Bluetooth/WiFi Cellbot car
Ingredients: – LG Optimus Dynamic – PC game controller (joystick) – pygame for joystick input – python script runs on PC to translate joystick input to movement commands – SL4A to send movement commands from PC to smartphone over WiFi – smartphone sends movement commands to Arduino via Bluetooth (also SL4A) – Arduino translates commands […]
LG Optimus Dynamic – perfect cellbot phone?
It is the cheapest, full-featured Android phone that I’ve found. Only $20 on Amazon NEW. It feels like finding hidden treasure because the only reason it’s so cheap is that the phone is targeted for the bottom market. And, normal people who buy the phone later add minutes to use it as a phone. But […]
Robot Kit – Day 7
Our new ultrasonic car + IR code seems to work well, even in the living room. You only wanted to switch to MAX SPEED to watch it go nuts: We made an interesting discovery: mama’s fuzzy bunny slippers are invisible to the ultrasonic sensor. I tried to demonstrate why by bouncing some balls off different […]
PC to android smartphone recipe
Bao has been taking a break. I think having a robot that moves on its own stresses you out. You’ve been running to flip the off switch after playing with Bao a little. Maybe it’s too much for a 3 year old to deal with. On the plus side, now you know the deal with […]
Robot Kit – Day Six
Oh the wonderful things a robot can do It can go CHOO CHOO It can go BEEP BEEP I’m going to resist making any more mods until you suggest them. I also want to give mama a chance to tinker. Because she said, “But I wanted to do the BEEP!” One thing we might have […]