Arduino Mini-powered UAV
Here’s some video of Sean Reynolds’ UAV that uses an Arduino Mini, Maxbotix ultrasonic sensors, and a HMC6352 compass module for autonomous flight control. Wash UAV: Final Demo [via SparkFun]
Month: December 2008
Mafia Made Holiday Craftacular in Petaluma on Saturday, Dec. 13
Do you live anywhere near Petaluma, CA? Then I hope you’ll come by this Saturday’s Mafia Made Holiday Craftacular (presented by the Petaluma Craft Mafia), where CRAFT will have a booth! There will be indie craft vendors, musical performances and more. Mafia Made Holiday Craftacular Saturday, December 13, 11am-5pm @ Petaluma Veteran’s Hall 1094 Petaluma […]
HOW TO – Make vinegar at home
Nice history and how-to at Popular Science on making vinegar at home… Vinegar is one of those ingredients that people don’t think of as often as they should. It is mostly just seen in salad dressings and pickles, which is a shame, because there is a whole world of flavor there just waiting to be […]
BUGbot Wheels Module – Open source hardware on wheels!
BUGbot Wheels Module by Ilan Moyer– Ilan Moyer stopped by the Test Kitchen for a visit. With the CAD files he downloaded from BUG he was able to fabricate a base for wheels. The wheels use DC motors and a motor driver. They are programmable over serial, but we were trying to get the data […]
The Rise of the Machines – Robot density around the world…
IEEE Spectrum: The Rise of the Machines – Robot density around the world…– There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they’re the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers–a robot density almost 10 times the world average […]
HOW TO – Expandable Stocking
Instructables user Schoochmaroo had the brilliant idea to create this expandable holiday stocking, which features several zippers so it can expand (or contract!) depending on how naughty or nice you’ve been.
Nobel Physicist chosen to be Energy Secretary
Nobel Physicist chosen to be Energy Secretary – “we are what we celebrate”, having a scientist in this role is a fantastic choice, we’ll see how it goes!… Steven Worked on laser cooling and trapping atoms using lasers! President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who heads the Lawrence Berkeley National […]