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E-Bay Wall-E Heads Up

Theres a cheap Wall-e UCommand (no remote) bid online right now for $10.50 plus $10 shipping. Only 42 hours left to final. Just thought I'd help. I would have bid on it but I'm gonna pass this time.
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Wall-E Voice Eprom

He DJ Sures, In one youtube movies you show that you dremeld the voice eprom and changed it a little to integrate it with the EZ-B how did you do that? https://youtu.be/mdV3zfvbF5Q I want to do the same
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Control From A Smart Phone

Hi, I stumbled upon your product and it really got my attention. You have created a wonderful product that is capable of launching a newbie deep into serious hobby-robotics territory :-) I went through your blog and website, it was nice reading about your other abilities and interests. Currently I am an Arduino guy and here is my first robot..........
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DJ Guess What!!!!

I got a full 100% (Besides airfar lol) scholarship to space camp in Alabama!!! I will be attending their robotics program for 1 week and hopefully will be learning some on coding and just plain designing!!! Yay lol Oh and for all of my fellow EZB-ers I bet many of you have seen this site but for those how have not it is a very cool DIY site with...
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Microphone Suggestions

Hey! Was hoping that I could possible get some recommendations for microphones to use for the voice recognition feature? My cheapo $5.00 one I purchased few years ago just doesn't seem to be good enough to pick up my commands Would like one I can just put to side near laptop and be able to pick up my voice, like dj sures does in wall-e videos.
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World Maker Faire?

Hey DJ Sures! Will you be at World Maker Faire in New York City this September?
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Bluetooth Camera

Hello everyone, I wonder if it is possible to connect a simple camera to a Bluetooth module and establish a connection to an Android Application ,and what ever the camera 'sees' is shown on the screen, I'm creating a robot which includes these features, I hope you could help me. thanks.
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I'd Like To Make Wall E At School, What I Have To Do To Start My Project ?

hello, I am Berto, I'm here because I am a programmer like you, and would like to program the robot (and wall) to present at the end of my classes as proposed limit. I wonder if it is possible to do the robot in Portugal, where I can buy the components. the program you use can only be used by trained personnel? anyone who realizes the minimum of...
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Easy Home Made Power Supply

Hey EZB-ers! I came across this site when trying to figure out an ample power supply for my EZB project. PC to DC Power Supply! The link at the top brings you to another page with more detail on the process. It gives basic instructions on how to convert an old PC power supply and use the 5v, 12v, or 3.3v lines. A PC power supply will give plenty of...
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Hot Wheels Conversion

I thought it would be fine to convert my daughter's Hot Wheels into a huge RC car. How do I control the onboard electric engine that powers the car. I'm assuming H Bridge? How would that be wired up?
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My EZ-B Won't Power On Any More

My EZ-B Won't Power On Any More

Just received my EZ-B on Friday, had lots of fun yesterday. But it suddenly lost power and will not turn back on. 7V come out of the regulator, so the battery...
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Using SDK With Other Language Non-.Net

In the SDK download, I see a DLL but no headers that I can convert to my compiler to use. Is it possible to use straight C type coding with this DLL ? I know very little about .Net -sorry. Thx. Jules