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	<title>Windows on Last Miles</title>
	<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles</link>
	<description>documenting the production and uses of an interactive digital artifact</description>
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		<title>Last Miles Refactored</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a substantial hiatus, I returned to the Last Miles installations a few months ago, trying to figure out what the next steps might be. The experience with the installation in last spring demonstrated what a challenge issues of internet connectivity can pose. Most available open-source software that coordinates live video, audio, and ssh feeds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=36</link>
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		<title>Last Miles at HASTAC 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'll be presenting Last Miles at a poster session at the HASTAC 2 conference at UCLA on Saturday.
For the conference I've revised the project description considerably, adding a bunch of visual aids and updating the description to reflect the current state of the project.
Update 2008-5-6. Here's a photo from the poster session on Saturday:

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		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Successful test of installations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of last minutes problems, but around 3:30pm things started working. Thanks to all the volunteers!

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		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Public Demo (Beta) Thursday May 15th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be a public demonstration of a beta version of the project tomorrow, May 15th at 3pm in the John Hope Franklin Center. Everyone is welcome.
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		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=24</link>
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		<title>Tutorial on Arduino-Python Servo Control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a group of folks over at Principia Labs who have documented how to control servos via a python script: Arduino-Python 4-Axis Servo Control &#124; Principia Labs
Their discussion of Ardunio's Serial.read() was especially helpful; it's prompted me to make some changes in my code.
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		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Arduino and the Wii Nunchuck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like a Wii Nunchuck will make a great input device for the project. I'm deeply indebted to folks who have put up such great tutorials on how to do this, Tod E. Kurt in particular.

For anyone interested in using the nunchuck with Arduino, there's a nice adapter piece that allows for a much nicer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=20</link>
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		<title>Carpentry!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're building the platforms for the project this week. Here are some pictures from the shop.

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		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=14</link>
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		<title>Two Arduinos Connected By an SSL Relay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A critical part of the project involves allowing one arduino board to communicate with a remote arduino board. Two computers mediate the connection and send the information via a secure connection (SSL). The code is below. At this stage it's very simple, all the action happens in the arduino code. What this python script does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=13</link>
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		<title>Controlling a Parallax (Futaba) Continuous Rotation Servo with Arduino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So there's a presentation on controlling a basic servo at ITP on the very subject: class 3 (communication, servos, and pwm). As luck would have it, I have a continuous rotation servo, which functions a bit differently than the servo described in the presentation. In short, both types of servos use pulse width modulation (PWM) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=11</link>
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		<title>Learning Arduino, AMD64 Ubuntu NBs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First hiccup I encountered was that the Arduino software doesn't run out of the box on an AMD64 platform (i.e. my desktop). Thankfully Tero Karvinen has a quick HOWTO on making the Arduino IDE run on an AMD64.
Got through the "Hello World" equivalent for Arduino, i.e. make an LED flash. Next on my list was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dukevisualstudies.org/lastmiles/?p=8</link>
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