The Accidental Maker
A pursuit of bandit gold leads to a different kind of treasure.
OpenROV
OpenROV Goes to Antarctica
MAKE writer David Lang helped co-found OpenROV, the kickstarted remote-operated submersible project. One of the ROVs is currently in Antarctica (!!!) courtesy of Eric Stackpole, another of OpenROV’s co-founders. So I’ve got to run to catch our helo flight for today, but a window of opportunity came up on Wednesday which I took. I haven’t […]
Underwater Photogrammetry Experiments with 123D Catch
David and the open source explorers at OpenROV try creating 3D Models with an AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle)
OpenROV Testing at Hall City Cave
The OpenROV team journeyed to Hall City Cave just outside of Wildwood, CA to test out their underwater rover and to gain some more information about the cave itself. Here is their preliminary robot on how the robot performed.
OpenROV to Perform Preliminary Dives
As you may already know, David Lang, our Zero to Maker columnist, is involved in the OpenROV project, an open source camera-equipped R/C submersible, designed to look for water-burired treasure. They’re taking the ROV prototypes up to Hall City Cave in Northern, CA tomorrow for some preliminary dives. How exciting!
Zero to Maker: Knowing What You Don’t Know
I just got back from New York City where Eric Stackpole and I spent the weekend exhibiting and talking about OpenROV at the Open Hardware Summit and World Maker Faire. Although it wasn’t quite as big as Maker Faire Bay Area, it was an unbelievable gathering of makers and creators of all shapes and sizes. On a scale of 1 to Awesome, it was a perfect score.
