Last Call for Maker Faire Bay Area Makers
If you’ve got an awesome project you want to show off to the community at the largest DIY festival on Earth, you only have a few more days to get your application in.
Drones & Vehicles
Droneposal: The Worldโs First Marriage Proposal by Drone?
When dreaming of ideas for the perfect marriage proposal for his girlfriend, San Francisco’s Jason Muscat wanted something unforgettable. What about having the ring fly in from the sky and land at her feet? Yes. And the vehicle to do it? A hexacopter.
Flying Robotic Jellyfish Take to the Sky
Leif Ristroph and Stephen Childress from New York University have just releasedย work with a new roboticย ornithopter with a biomechanical design based not on traditional insects or birds, but rather on the aquatic jellyfish.
Game of Drones: They’re not Playing Around
Game of Drones have flown their experimental quadcopter through fire, crashed through glass windows, dropped it from great heights, and even blasted it out of the sky. Now this nearly indestructible airframe is available via a Kickstarter campaign.
Automated Mindstorms Battery Exchanger for Drones
This Lego Mindstorms robot automatically switches a quadrotor’s battery pack, extending its flying time without the operator having to intervene.
Robot Year in Review: 2013
2013 was a good year for robotics. Let’s review some of my favorite stories, maker, products and projects.
Pie in the Sky? Technological Hurdles for Amazon Prime Air
Yesterday Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon, announced during a 60 Minutes segment that his company has already began work on the future of shipping, called Amazon Prime Air. In short, orders that weigh under 5 pounds will be delivered to your door in 30 minutes or less, by drone.
