Month: June 2010

Reminder: ARRL Field Day 2010

Reminder: ARRL Field Day 2010

Reminder: This weekend, June 26-27th, is the ARRL Field Day 2010. Ham radio operators will be setting up stations across the US and Canada and inviting the public to come and experience ham radio. You can find your local Field Day using the locator. ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held […]

LegoAsimo: a bipedal Lego robot

Arno van der Vegt’s fascinating robot serves as more of a study of bipedal movement than a completed project. Get this, it packs fourteen NXT and Power Functions motors, 4 touch sensors, 5 tilt sensors, an ultrasonic sensor — and uses 3 NXT microcontroller bricks to run things. Yow! I’d be interested how much the […]

Wired’s workspace makeovers

Wired’s workspace makeovers

Before After The latest issue of Wired (and Wired Online) has a photo essay of dream makeovers of garage, media room, kitchen, etc. Here’s the garage example: THE GARAGE A messy garage is a missed opportunity. Give yourself the souped-up gear cave you deserve. That’s what aviation nut Greg Gambina did. He worked with wired […]