Please Stand By has a great picture of my friend nick, finally home with Aleja after 378 days in hospital. I’m sure the last think they want to bother with is being inspirational, but they both are inspirational to me. Not for any magical hollywood reason but for a myriad of very practical and human traits they both carry in abundance. And the ( Read more... )

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Please Stand By has a great picture of my friend nick, finally home with Aleja after 378 days in hospital. I’m sure the last think they want to bother with is being inspirational, but they both are inspirational to me. Not for any magical hollywood reason but for a myriad of very ( Read more... )

I always wish I could talk in such a measured clear voice… and actually say something clear and intelligible. But alas, I cannot. So Aleja can do it for us all.

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The Virtual Worlds Story Project has a great page up for Nick’s birthday party in SL last week. I was there as CT Niven: “The Second Life community celebreated Namav Abramovic’s (aka Nick Dupree) birthday in style last week, and the results can be seen on The Virtual Worlds Story Project”

Emotiv looks insanely amazing. Nick sent me the link. I really think he’d like one of these. It would allow you to drive a wheelchair with your mind, AND interface with a computer. Here’s a short video on the topic. I’ve signed up as a developer and hope I can get a couple of them.



If you can’t see the embedded video, check it out on youtube.

NerdKits - Servo Squirter

In this video, we’ll show you a simple project where we connect a hobby R/C servo to a small water pump, and control both from the USB NerdKit. Using input from the connected computer, you can aim, and fire a stream of water. The video also introduces topics like Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), including how hobby servos ( Read more... )

Nick Dupree Volunteers needed with Aleja at hospital to translate Nick-to-English, feed Nick, etc. Write friendsofnick@gmail.com to sign up.