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Software Development
React React

What are React Hooks and why you should care about them – Part 1

Required version of React: 16.8+ What are React Hooks and why you should care about them – Part 2 Outline Intro What is wrong with React Components now? Hooks overview useState useEffect TLDR Intro There is a new kid on the block . React introduced a new feature called Hooks which will improve the code quality even more and make creating

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Serverless React

How To Build a Serverless React.js Application with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, & DynamoDB – Part 4

Part 4 : Code Review, Deploy, & Configure an effective CI/CD Pipeline on AWS This is a continuation of our multi-part series on building a simple web application on AWS using AWS Lambda and the ServerlessFramework. You can review the first, second, and third parts of this series starting with the setup of your localenvironment at: How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment How To Configure Your

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Serverless React

How To Build a Serverless React.js Application with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, & DynamoDB – Part 3

How To Configure Infrastructure As Code, Mock Services, & Unit Testing This is a continuation of our multi-part series on building a simple web application on AWS using AWS Lambda and the ServerlessFramework. You can review the first and second parts of this series starting with the setup of your localenvironment at: How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment How To Configure Your Serverless Backend API You

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Serverless React

How To Build a Serverless React.js Application with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, & DynamoDB – Part 2

How To Configure your Serverless Backend on AWS This is a continuation of our multi-part series on building a simple web application on AWS using AWS Lambda and the ServerlessFramework. You can review the first part of this series starting with the setup of your local environment at: How To SetUp Your local Serverless Environment You can also clone a sample of the application we will be

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Cardiacmonitor

Cardiac Activity Monitor

For a little fun, we decided to tinker with cardiac monitoring and simple prototyping of wave morphology via common components.  After we finishing, we wanted to post our little project to share with the world… so if you’ve got a chipKIT lying around and some free time, see if you can build your own pulse meter! In order to build this

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Violin

Hovalin: 3D Printed Violin

These days, we can make virtually anything out of a few grams of PLA. However, it’s still fairly difficult to print full musical instruments (or even instrument parts) that produce high-quality sound comparable to the kind created by instruments manufactured in a more traditional manner. But that’s exactly what makers Kaitlyn and Matt Hova have done. The hovalin  is a completely 3D

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Eggbot

The EggBot Challenge

THE EGGBOT CHALLENGE Following the tradition of cracking eggs in celebration of Easter in Greece with the game of tsougrisma (τσουγκρισμα in Greek) we decided to build an EggBot that could robotically draw intricate designs that we fielded from our client partners and staff.   So what’s an EggBot? It’s a machine capable of drawing on spherical or ellipsoidal surfaces. You

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Sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox

AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX For a fun project to spruce up our office and interact with our local STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) school programs, we decided to build our own Augmented Reality Sandbox.  Originally developed by researchers at UC Davis, the open source AR Sandbox lets people sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or

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Robobird

Robotic Bird Flight

ROBOTIC BIRD FLIGHT We’ve always been fascinated by the mechanics and properties of flapping-wing flight… watching birds soar gracefully above us brings out that childlike wish of gliding through clouds from high above. Seeing them fly is amazing, but it’s not that easy to build an ornithopter.   The first thing anyone asks when they see an ornithopter fly is, “How

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