Salvaged robot arm used for light painting and pen plotting

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The members of Shackspace got their hands on an antiquated robot arm. It's a Mitsubishi Movemaster RM-101 and was probably manufactured in the mid 1980's. There's almost nothing out there that tells you how to use the thing, and so they set out to figure out how to control the hardware. This is a great example of how an EPROM dump can be really useful. After further inspection the team … [Read more...]

HDD unlocking on the Mitsubishi Multi-Communication System

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It's a few years old, but [Brian360's] method of unlocking the hard drive on his Mitsubishi Multi-Communication System is quite interesting. Mitsubishi describes their MMCS as a human-vehicle communication tool. It's basically an in-dash screen and controls to display navigation maps and play music. [Brian] found that the hard drive for the MMCS in his 2008 Lancer was locked, and could not be … [Read more...]

NanoTouch, lucid touchscreen navigation

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The fine folks at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) are demoing a new touchscreen system that may make small devices easier to use. An extension of their LucidTouch technology, NanoTouch has a small screen on the front and a touchpad on the back. Their test unit features a 2.4inch screen. The screen displays where the user's finger is on the back touchpad as if the display was transparent. … [Read more...]