This project is a number of years old but it is a great resource. Full schematics and code are provided so that you too can enjoy building an altimeter for your rocket. "I’ve been interested in model rocketry for a long time, but as my interest in electronics became stronger and more developed, rockets fell by the wayside. Recently, though, I thought of a way that I could combine these
Move over Segway this technology might spawn some cooler creations! “Our research goal is to gain a deeper understanding of how such dynamic agility can be achieved in mobile machines interacting with people and operating in normal home and workplace environments. We are developing novel dynamically-stable rolling machine and walking machine research platforms to study this issue. We will evaluate the efficacy of this type of dynamic locomotion in
I am not sure this type of toilet would catch on but it is a cool idea. “Here’s a cool public toilet idea where the outside walls appear to be mirrors but on the inside the walls appear as glass where you feel like you are being watched.”
Here is a simple DIY project that makes a cool LED flasher circuit. Check out this site for more information including full schematics and other diagrams. “Five pins from RA0 to RA4 are used as the input pin. These pins are pull-uped with 10K ohm resisters. So, when a switch isn’t pushed, the input becomes H level ( +5V ). and when a switch is pushed, it will become L
I can see these fire fighting robots being positioned on street corners ready to spring into action when needed. “This firefighting robot presented in July 2006 has many advantages among others, as: -It is four times more powerful in its traction system; -It has Fault Tolerant Architecture with redundancy in its moving system; -It has lighting system; -It was constructed completely modular; -It has at least 100 % more autonomy,
MiniFlash sent in some pictures of his latest creation. It is a LEGO sniper rifle that is sure to pack a punch.
Two MIT students might have a lucrative safe cracking career to fall back on if they don’t land jobs that interest them. 🙂 “I’m not referring to those telephone spamming machines that call you during dinner time or while you’re sleeping. This is robotic safe cracking. Two curious MIT students with a mysterious safe and a bit of free time built a laptop-controlled robotic fixture that opened a “manipulation proof”,
