Building an iOS App like Siri | Ray Wenderlich - Mozilla FireFox for eBuro Learn how to build an iOS app like Siri Siri is a voice-based personal assistant that takes voice commands and performs tasks like sending messages, making phone calls, setting alarms, searching on the web, finding directions and more. Unfortunately at the time of writing this tutorial there isn’t an official API by Apple, but there are few third party frameworks that allow developers to include functionality similar to Siri. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Nuance Dragon Mobile SDK (SpeechKit), which is one of the leading frameworks in this arena. Specifically, you’ll learn: The key concepts of SpeechKit frameworkThe advantages of SpeechKit when compared to other frameworksHow to perform speech recognition and text-to-speech synthesis using SpeechKit APIs. You’ll use this knowledge to build a Siri-like application to help your users find nearby restaurants, narrowed down by cuisine or category. What is SpeechKit? The framework carries out the following processes: Getting Started
App Inventor Classic What's Happening with the original version of App Inventor?! The orange "Create" button at the top right of every page of this site links to App Inventor 2.To get to App Inventor Classic, click the Invent button to the right. (Only available on this page!) As of December 3, 2013, visitors to appinventor.mit.edu will find that page of links to App Inventor 1 have been replaced by an introduction to App Inventor 2. App Inventor (now called "App Inventor Classic") and App Inventor 2 are very similar, but they are not the same system, and projects downloaded from App Inventor 1 cannot be loaded in App Inventor 2. We invite you to try App Inventor 2, but feel free to remain with App Inventor Classic and continue work on your App Inventor Classic projects. MIT plans to keep supporting App Inventor Classic through the spring of 2014. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Can I still use the original version? How do I get to App Inventor Classic, the original version? Can I transfer my projects?
Patent Bolt According to a Korean press source, a new standalone variant of the Samsung Gear 2, equipped with a universal subscriber identity module, or USIM, will likely be christened the Samsung Gear Solo. Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom are jointly preparing to release the new smartwatch. Continue reading "Samsung Reportedly Preparing New Standalone Smartwatch" » Priceplay Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google. The patent infringement lawsuit concerns two specific Priceplay patents. The company alleges that Google's Cost-Per-Click" bidding and "Quality Score"/"Ad Rank" systems relating to "AdWords" infringe upon their intellectual property. Continue reading "Google Sued by Priceplay for Infringing Patents Related to Ad Business" » Back in November we reported on Samsung's patent application relating to 3D Orientation-Free Wireless Power Transfer. Continue reading "Samsung Invents Wireless Charging for Pacemakers & Beyond" » Last week the U. The U.S.
Orca Robotics Auto bed-leveling for the Makerfarm Prusa i3 – Part 3: Final setup « Zennmaster's world… Now that you’ve got the hardware assembled and Marlin enabled and installed, it’s time to put it all together: The first thing you’ll want to do is set up your servo extend/retract angles. Do that by sending the following command in Pronterface: This command is telling the printer to extend servo 0 (P0) to an angle of 160 degrees (S160). If everything is installed correctly, you should see the servo arm swing down. Unless you are very lucky, this will probably not be the angle you want. After you’ve determined your extension angle, repeat the process to find your retraction angle (the position for the switch when it’s retracted). After you’ve found your angles, switch between them a few times just to make sure. Once you’re sure, return to your Marlin Configuration.h file, and enter your angles in the following line: #define SERVO_ENDSTOP_ANGLES {0,0, 0,0, 70,0} // X,Y,Z Axis Extend and Retract angles Enter your values in the third pair, which coresponds to the Z-axis endstop.
Automatic bed leveling and z offset howto (Level 2/3) (Page 1) — Hacks & Mods — SoliForum - 3D Printing Community This is a guide to setup the automatic bed leveling feature on a Solidoodle. You will need to replace your extruder, solder some headers on your motherboard and recompile the firmware. If you this is outside your comfort zone, I am afraid this guide is not for you. Moreover, it will only work with a Printrboard or a Sanguinololu with an ATMega1284p (or a RAMPS). If you have an original solidoodle motherboard with an ATMega644, you will need to replace the chip (it's 10$ on ebay). The idea behind automatic bed leveling is that the Z-endstop is mounted on the extruder carriage, so that the distance between the extruder and the bed can be probed in multiple points. The feature is available in the newest Marlin firmware. Part 1: hardwareAs you see in the video, the Z probe is attached to a small servo motor that can move it up and down. The Z-stop endswitch is then mounted on the arm attached to the servo motor. The servo motor needs to be wired to the motherboard.
Options You might also want to look at Resources . Perhaps some or all of that page should be merged into this page. (Discuss) This page attempts to make some sense, in general, of how all the pieces fit together to create a RepRap. However, if you want to skip all this stuff and get straight to getting your hands dirty then your best bet is to take a look at The incomplete RepRap beginner's guide and the build instructions category. In addition to those guides, you may also want to take a look at the links under the Models section below. RepRap Component Structure. That being said, to get a higher-level overview, we must start with discussing the different models of RepRaps, then go on to the four main components of a RepRap: The software toolchain. Models These days there are a growing number of many great and detailed build instructions for RepRaps! If you're steampunk or just like to get away without commercial kits, there are also RepStraps. Software Toolchain CAD tools. CAD Tools Software Files