Hands-On with Sphero’s Star Wars BB-8 Toy
An interactive toy version of everyone’s new favorite Star Wars droid, BB-8, is now rolling into retail stores.
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Self-Driving R/C Car Parks Itself Just Like a Lexus
Self-driving cars are in the news almost daily, but they are not exactly in my automotive budget for this decade. Today, that has changed. While this car might be smaller and not capable of giving me a ride, it’s still autonomous and, best of all, it is a project that I absolutely want to build! The […]
Learn the Basics of Spread Spectrum R/C
Entering the world of radio-control (R/C) hobbies can be a little daunting. To make it a bit easier to get started, we’ll cover the basics of 2.4GHz spread spectrum radio control, and the different pieces of a typical R/C system.
DJI Matrice: A Quadcopter Built for Hacking
DJI announced a new modular quadcopter platform called the Matrice 100, which is due out later this month and designed for customization.
Building Drones to Deliver Medicine and Food to War-Torn Syria
Fixed-wing UAVs aren’t just for bombs anymore — meet the nonprofit building drones to fly supplies to Syria
This R/C Plane Built from a Weed Whacker Actually Flies
In the dark of night, one of the builders at UsaRCJets took the engine from a dead weed eater, parts from an old R/C banana boat plane, a 1′×2′ board and cobbled them together into this monstrous wacky hack. With no plans and only some beers to guide him, Billy D set to work making […]
3D Print These Custom Cars And Race Them On Your Tabletop
Bridging the gap between the virtual world and the real world is a popular topic these days. Augmented reality, Google Cardboard, and games like Skylanders are just a few products that allow us to interact in both the physical and virtual. Now, 3DRacers hope to send your Mario Kart addiction into the real world. 3DRacers […]
