The item in question – wires, battery, mint tin – yah, it looks like almost every single electronic project featured here on MAKE. The TSA knows people make and travel with electronics, they have tests for whether something is an explosive or not.
Serious rocket enthusiast Steve Jurvetson built these units for his rockets. They feature G-Wiz HCX flight computers and the one on the right has a Flip camera for some aerial video.
Multicopters is an exciting new area of hobby robotics. They are also sometimes known as UAV’s, and essentially they are “flying hobby robots.” They are made with a center that holds micro controllers, sensors, receivers, transmitters, power and payload. Pointing out from the center are a number of pins holding motors and propellers. This is […]
LVL1 Hackerspace’s White Star Balloon team is going to be showing off the SpeedBall balloon system at MakerFaire Detroit, July 30 & 31 at The Henry Ford museum.
In the last couple of years quadrotors have become a leading platform for aerial robotics. Precision control, maneuverability, and the ability to pack on a payload make quadrotors the choice when designing an aerial robot.
Portland, Oregon resident Greg Tanous designed this superhumanoid R/C airplane that is almost certain to delight any child, inner or outer, who beholds it. Given the unbridled awesomeness of its subject, I am inclined to forgive the er, enthusiastic rock music soundtrack in this video, but feel obliged to warn of it. Greg sells plans and full kits for a couple version of his design.
We’ve been highlighting a lot of the amazing stunts that are performed with quadrotors lately; it practically seems like these little buzzing aircraft are infallible superstars. Well, if you’re sick of them acting like the BMOC and want to see them taken down a peg, this video from UPenn’s GRASP laboratory won’t disappoint. [via Adafruit]
