The “Talk ‘N Play” attempts to teach basic phrases to the birds in your backyard while also allowing them to activate lights on the device’s front panel. Each button on the device, when pecked, triggers a new phrase played from the device’s onboard speakers. The next version of this device should also teach your local […]
Another one for the “Don’t Put Your Eye Out” file, a copper-hosed rocket motor made out of granulated sugar, honey, potassium nitrate, and water. Kids? Don’t make me say it… Two Dollar Rocket Motor – Link
David writes – I thought you guys might be interested in putting up some balloons or kites and adding some open-source aerial data. You may also want to have a look at openstreetmap.org (which can overlay the aerial images) which is going to have full (10-year old) open-source/public-domain mapping coverage of the US sometime next […]
On today’s episode of BBtv, Xeni interviews Carl Rankin, a model plane builder who creates impressive R/C planes out of take-out food cartons, drinking straws, sewing thread, Reynold’s wrap, and tape (among other things). There’s also a fun video that uses Wonder Bread like clay to create “dough-mation.” BBtv: Flying Puppets / Wonder Bread – […]
In response to the virtual pilot video item we posted several weeks back, a reader sent a link to this site, a portal related to “video piloting in the newly growing and exciting hobby of First Person View (FPV or RPV) that has become popular with Radio Controlled airplanes, R/C helicopters, cars and boats.” Who […]
A fuel cell-powered remotely piloted aircraft buzzed quietly into the morning sky in a park near Van Nuys, Calif., August 25. The unorthodox flight was a triumph of collegiate innovation made possible by a nurturing program at California State University Los Angeles and a boost from NASA’s Academic Investments Office and the Air Force Office […]
When I was a kid, I lived for rockets, both modeled and those build by NASA. I haven’t been involved in the hobby for years, but whenever I see a rocketry mag at a newsstand, I buy it and fantasize about maybe diving in again. Of course, since I was a kid, hobby rocketry has […]
