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Meet Exuro, The Arduino-Brained Kinect-Tracking Flame-Shooting Bot

Meet Exuro, The Arduino-Brained Kinect-Tracking Flame-Shooting Bot

The robot Exuro is driven with Python, controlled with Arduino, tracking with Kinect, and best of all shoots fire every time someone donates to The Crucible in Oakland, CA.

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Ammo box fireworks controller

Ammo box fireworks controller

By way of the MAKE Flickr pool comes this wonderful build of a fireworks controller fittingly house inside of an ammo box. No text with the photo set, but the pictures pretty much tell the story of the build. Firework Controller

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Journal of Pyrotechnics

Journal of Pyrotechnics

I just discovered the website for the Journal of Pyrotechnics: Issues of the Journal of Pyrotechnics [ISSN 1082-3999] appear twice a year. Early issues contained 40 to 50 pages. More recent issues contain 70 to 80 pages printed in 8-1/2×11″ format with medium-sized print. Areas of pyrotechnics addressed include fireworks, pyrotechnic special effects, propellants & […]

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