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PD controller board running robots at Cal Poly

In June 2011, Perceptive Development sponsored a Cal Poly Computer engineering robotics course. The students developed mobile applications for their robots and used the Arroyo development board designed by Perceptive Development.  

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PerceptDev sponsors Cal Poly Computer Engineering Efforts

Perceptive Development sponsoredĀ a table at the annual Cal Poly Computer Engineering banquet held on June 3, 2011. The Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Computer Engineering program is highly regarded for the quality of the education and demand for the program’s … Continue reading

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Telepathy and Frictionless Payments

I have a philosophic theory I have been testing out for some years in my attempts to detect technology trends.

My theory is simple: Anything that makes communication more “telepathic” and instantaneous will be wildly successful.

Since exchange of goods and services is really a form of communication, a basic form of human interchange, anything that reduces the barriers to that exchange should take off like wildfire.

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Hello (again) world, this is PD Labs

Well we managed to get our blogs back over from the old blog system into WordPress along with our site refresh. Several people have been looking for the links related to the iPhone Hacks book and have no fear – … Continue reading

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Here’s how you load PDFs onto your iPad…

I’ve had several questions about this – there’s a nice page under “Apps” that lets you directly manage the documents loaded into individual applications on the iPad. I hope the new version of iBooks does it this way as well, … Continue reading

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O’Reilly Week in Review Podcast Interview with Damien Stolarz

Check out http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/oreilly-week-in-review-2009-05-25.html Read more…

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How to talk to Tin Can

You’ve downloaded Tin Can and got it running on your iPhone (or iPod touch 2G). Works great. But maybe you’ve had the sneaking thought (or perhaps more like a bright idea) that Tin Can might be able to talk to … Continue reading

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iPhone Hacking – intermediate & advanced webcast

If you haven’t already signed up, it’s not too late! Friday, May 15, at 10AM we’re doing a webcast (using WebEx) where we answer questions from the audience on advanced hacking. Click here for more info: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/oreilly-week-in-review-2009-05-25.html

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Tin Can Test Sounds Available

Hi there. Have you checked out Tin Can yet? If not, you should head over to our main site for the iPhone App here: Well, for those of you that do have Tin Can, but don’t necessarily have another phone … Continue reading

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iPhone Hacks source code!

The iPhone Hacks book is available in bookstores everywhere as of April 2009. Click on the image to go the O’Reilly website. This page contains links to source code, addendums, and other materials related to the book. Download the full … Continue reading

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