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I scored a load of cheap 4-way 7-segment displays off eBay the other day. They worked out at about 30p each so I got 20 and stuffed them in a drawer. Then I thought that perhaps it’d be nice to get one working, just so that we know what to do with them… Continue reading →

LittleLGP is a little genetic programming (GP) project written in Clojure. It evolves populations of two distinct classes of programs that have a typical predator prey relationship. One class of program seeks to destabilize the environment whilst the other seeks to bring order.

This project was my first attempt at writing a GP program and my first program written in Clojure. Overall, I really enjoyed working on it, even if the final product isn’t great! The code is available to peruse on Github.

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LittleLGP is a little genetic programming (GP) project written in Clojure. It evolves populations of two distinct classes of programs that have a typical predator prey relationship. One class of program seeks to destabilize the environment whilst the other seeks to bring order.

This project was my first attempt at writing a GP program and my first program written in Clojure. Overall, I really enjoyed working on it, even if the final product isn’t great! The code is available to peruse on Github.

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We love Farnell here at Nerd Towers – pop onto their website click around a bit and the next morning, a parcel arrives with all your lovely goodies. Sometimes you can leave it as late at 7pm and your stuff still arrives the next day! But sometimes thei… Continue reading →

Since we got back from Berlin (after a two-day drive on each leg of the journey, and a total of 1,500 miles there and back) we’ve been giving lots of thought to silkscreen printing for making lots of PCBs.We’ve gone back-and-forth with numerous designs… Continue reading →

Calling Makers of All Varieties to Brighton Mini Maker Faire 2013 Yes, it’s that time of year again: The third annual Brighton Mini Maker Faire is on the horizon and we’re on the lookout for makers of every sort to … Continue reading →
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The third annual Brighton Mini Maker Faire is on the horizon and we’re on the lookout for makers of every sort to help us create an even more inspiring event…. Continue reading →
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It’s official – making a homebrew screen from a bit of left-over silk, stapled to a picture frame and masked with pound-shop parcel tape, not only works, but works really well! On our frame we had a stencil of the pcb tracks, and a stencil for the sold… Continue reading →

We’ve been here in Berlin for a few days – in the salubrious district of Kreuzberg – and slowly getting to understand (some) of the appeal. It has many similarities to Brighton: only a grubby, dirtier, graffiti-strewn version – and no seaside. The… Continue reading →

Our UV controller is finally complete.We didn’t have any rotary encoders to hand so fudged it with a rotary potentiometer and some push buttons. If we were to make this again, we’d go for a slightly more sophisticated menu system and use a single rotar… Continue reading →