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Hackathon25 at Rix Inclusive Research

Posted on 28 May 2025 by Kingarthursdog

The next Hackathon (Hackathon25) at Rix Inclusive Research will take place on June 18th 2025, and already the planning is well underway with ideas floating around with respect to how it will run, how it will be enabled and the … Continue reading →

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Speech Recognition Engine for Controlling RixBot

Posted on 26 February 2025 by Kingarthursdog

Finally, I managed to find some spare time today to connect up the audio system to a Raspberry Pi 4, which includes a simple speaker output and MAX9814 condenser mic input module. The purpose of this setup is to allow … Continue reading →

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Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inclusive? Workshop at Rix (12/02/2025)

Posted on 18 February 2025 by Kingarthursdog

This is the second Generative AI workshop that we have hosted aimed at finding out more about the accessibility and usability of Generative AI software. The workshop developed ideas that were explored during our first workshop, presented as part of … Continue reading →

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Talking Ruler (AKA RixTalk)

Posted on 3 February 2025 by Kingarthursdog

At a recent visit to the Google Accessibility Discovery Centre with colleagues from Rix Inclusive Research, amongst the many accessible items on display we saw a ruler that is available for people with sight impairments (they called it a ‘Braille … Continue reading →

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Oil Delivery from Rix

Posted on 7 January 2025 by Kingarthursdog

Took a photo of this today, as I liked what it said on the side of the lorry:

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3D Printer Overhaul

Posted on 28 October 2024 by Kingarthursdog

The 3D printer that I originally bought around 2014 was a Prusa i3 MK2. I chose the self build, as I wanted to know how the printer was constructed, and the instruction provided by Prusa are superb. The MK2 was … Continue reading →

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Lighthouse Project

Posted on 25 September 2016 by Kingarthursdog

A recent commission was for a garden lighthouse. It had to be tall, and light up automatically when dark. This is the result, it is made from (mostly) 3mm ply which I hand sawed and assembled in my shed. It … Continue reading →

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Update of Interactive Cow for MERL

Posted on 25 September 2016 by Kingarthursdog

Last week we added the ‘smell machine’ to the cow. This device is custom made for the cow, and circulates a single smell placed in a container inside the machine. The smell machine was 3D printed in parts and then … Continue reading →

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Motorised Route Roller

Posted on 28 August 2016 by Kingarthursdog

A project I have been working on lately is motorising a ‘route roller’, which is a device which allows you to carry and view an A4 route sheet when on your classic motorcycle. Here is the image of the version … Continue reading →

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Interactive Cow for MERL

Posted on 30 July 2016 by Kingarthursdog

The latest project I am working on with Kate is the interactive cow for MERL. As part of their rehang, they commissioned the building of an interactive cow which can be used by visitors. The cow will be capable of … Continue reading →

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